1. 1引誘。把人拉去壞事,也會說「誘惑」;廣告把人吸引進店,語氣較輕,仍是這個英文。

    To entice someone is to pull them toward doing something or going somewhere by offering what they want — money, food, a nicer life, a secret, a beautiful thing. You are not forcing them; you are making the path look worth taking.

    To entice someone is to pull them toward doing something or going somewhereEntice 一個人,是用他們想要的東西把他們拉去做某件事或去某個地方——by offering what they want靠給他們想要的東西,— money, food, a nicer life, a secret, a beautiful thing像是錢、食物、更好的生活、一個秘密,或一件美麗的東西。 You are not forcing them你不是在強迫他們;you are making the path look worth taking你是讓那條路看起來值得走。

    It can be small and everyday (a smell that entices you into a bakery) or serious (to entice someone into a trap). To entice a child, in news and law, is a dark, criminal use — not a cute one.

    It can be small and everyday它可以是小小的、日常的,(a smell that entices you into a bakery)(像一股香味把你引誘進麵包店),or serious也可以是嚴重的,(to entice someone into a trap)(像把某人誘騙進一個陷阱)。 To entice a childTo entice a child(誘拐兒童)in news and law, is a dark, criminal use在新聞和法律裡,是一種黑暗的犯罪用法——not a cute one不是可愛的意思。

    The word is a little more formal than “,” and it often carries a slight warning: the offer may not be as kind as it looks. Though actually, shops and ads use it quite for harmless pulling-in.

    The word is a little more formal than “tempt,”這個字比「tempt(誘惑)」稍微正式一點,and it often carries a slight warning而且常常帶著一點警告的意味:the offer may not be as kind as it looks那個提議可能沒有看起來那麼善意。 Though actually不過其實,shops and ads use it quite cheerfully for harmless pulling-in商店和廣告也會很開心地用它,來講無害的吸引顧客。

core核心畫面

組成From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a later Latin word meaning “I set on fire,” from in- + titiō (a firebrand, a burning stick). The old picture is lighting a fire in someone — stirring them up.

同家族的字

  • enticementthe noun — the act or the offer that pulls you
  • enticingthe adjective — describing something that pulls you in

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

enticeverb/ɪnˈtaɪs/

  • 1

    To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

    • I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
    • Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。