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VERB
引誘;誘惑;吸引
Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.
例句
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。
It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year...
一年當中這個時節，新鮮水果最能吸引我了。
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VERB
慫恿;利誘;誘惑
If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.
例句
...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain...
耗資百萬美元試圖把美國游客重新吸引到英國來的營銷活動
Having spent so long at a great club like Rangers, no other Scottish team could tempt him away...
在流浪者隊這樣優秀的俱樂部呆了這么久之后，其他蘇格蘭球隊都吸引不了他了。
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PHRASE
說晦氣話，玩過火，冒險（使好運結束）
If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
例句
As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate.
你剛說從來沒輸過，晦氣就來了。