• vt. 誘惑；引起；冒…的風險；使感興趣

來自拉丁語 temptare,嘗試，試探，改寫自 tentare,接觸，嘗試，試探，來自 PIE*ten,展開，詞 源同 tentative,tentacle.引申詞義引誘，誘惑。

tempt (v.)

c. 1200, of the devil, flesh, etc., "draw or entice to evil or sin, lure (someone) from God's law; be alluring or seductive," from Old French tempter (12c.), from Latin temptare "to feel, try out, attempt to influence, test," a variant of tentare "handle, touch, try, test." The Latin alteration is "explainable only as an ancient error due to some confusion" [Century Dictionary]. From late 14c. as "to provoke, defy" (God, fate, etc.). Related: Tempted; tempting.

1. Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry?

我能給你嘗點泡芙點心嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

2. Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.

不要因為可以賒購，就買超過自己支付能力的東西。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The woman used all her wiles to tempt him into following her.

那女人用盡了自己的誘騙本領勾引著他尾隨而去.

來自《用法詞典》

4. Can't I tempt you to have another helping?

再吃一點好 嗎 ?

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime.

降低收入只會使這些家庭更加貧窮，而且可能誘使不法分子進一步犯罪。

來自柯林斯例句