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单词 entice
释义
entice
verb[T]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪs/us
/ɪnˈtaɪs/
topersuadesomeone to do something byofferingthem somethingpleasant:
诱惑；诱使；引诱
Theadvertsentice thecustomerintobuyingthings they don't reallywant.广告诱使顾客购买他们并不真正需要的东西。
People are being enticedaway fromtheprofessionbyhighersalarieselsewhere.别处更加丰厚的薪水诱使人们辞职另谋高就。
[+ to infinitive]Asmellofcoffeein thedoorwayenticedpeopletoentertheshop.门口飘出的咖啡香味使得人们闻香驻足，进入店内。
Synonyms
lure
tempt
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to draw your attention and interest you
  • attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés.
  • drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000.
  • enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop.
  • lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread.
  • temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone.
  • seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attracting and tempting
  • affinity
  • allure
  • alluringly
  • arrest
  • attract
  • catnip
  • charisma
  • charm offensive
  • charm the pants offsomeoneidiom
  • chum
  • glamour
  • honey trap
  • incentive
  • jump out atsomeone
  • lure
  • tempt
  • temptation
  • temptingly
  • ticklesomeone'sfancyidiom
  • va-va-voom
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Related word

enticement
(Definition ofenticefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

entice| American Dictionary

entice
verb[T]
us
/ɪnˈtɑɪs/
toattractsomeone to aparticularplaceoractivitybyofferingsomethingpleasantoradvantageous:
People are enticed away fromgovernmentjobsbyhighersalaries.
(Definition ofenticefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofentice

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Credible apologies signal government commitment to redress economic conditions and mayenticecontinued labour quiescence and production investment.
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The utilisation of whole-group listening tasks as a straightforward means of investigating baseline competencies is an enticing one.
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Developers appear inclined toenticethe buyer with a sleek kitchen and oak floor, at the expense of craftsmanship and longterm maintenance.
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Female shoppers, enticed by new metropolitan retail development, carved out a space for middle- and upper-class women in the public spaces of the city.
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Opera is most critically enticing when it slides between mirroring and marking gender and sexuality.
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It provides a broad overview of gerontology research to the undergraduate or to the uninitiated, and mayenticeone or two to read further.
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Whereas our forebears spoke of engaging people's interests and motivating, inducing, enticing, or encouraging people to act in certain ways, we speak of their incentives.
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They are enticed by the promises of nationalist leaders who promote a substantive version of democracy that emphasizes the socio-economic elevation of the poor.
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After all, even outrageously enticing police conduct constitutes an offer, rather than a threat.
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Individuals or families were enticed to spy upon one another.
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Readers new to this area will find the volume an enticing preface, encouraging further study in a complex and rapidly expanding field.
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In my ears please say something that willenticemy heart.
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Do you give them exclusively to the needy, or do you use them as a sweetener toenticestudents on to less popular courses?
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The other involved the employment of decoy female elephants toenticewild males.
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It is very easy to be enticed into using more complicated and expensive molecular tools, when simpler, inexpensive versions exist.
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