enticed
past simple and past participle ofentice
| 单词 | enticed |
| 释义 | enticed past simple and past participle ofentice entice verb[T] uk/ɪnˈtaɪs/us/ɪnˈtaɪs/topersuadesomeone to do something byofferingthem somethingpleasant: Theadvertsentice thecustomerintobuyingthings they don't reallywant. People are being enticedaway fromtheprofessionbyhighersalarieselsewhere. [+ to infinitive]Asmellofcoffeein thedoorwayenticedpeopletoentertheshop. Synonyms lure tempt to draw your attention and interest you
Attracting and tempting
Examplesofenticedenticed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Female shoppers,enticedby new metropolitan retail development, carved out a space for middle- and upper-class women in the public spaces of the city. From theCambridge English Corpus They areenticedby the promises of nationalist leaders who promote a substantive version of democracy that emphasizes the socio-economic elevation of the poor. From theCambridge English Corpus Individuals or families wereenticedto spy upon one another. From theCambridge English Corpus It is very easy to beenticedinto using more complicated and expensive molecular tools, when simpler, inexpensive versions exist. From theCambridge English Corpus Numerous adolescents wereenticedto return to school and several were able to complete their high school certificate examinations. From theCambridge English Corpus The federal government is likely to beenticedby this threefor-one offer and to begin establishing federal regulatory institutions and issuing regulations. From theCambridge English Corpus Policy-makers wereenticedby socio-economic benefits and filling the crown coffers, but projectors expected to profit by serving the public good. From theCambridge English Corpus Once one is at the level of the baths themselves, however, the ritual is not prescriptive any more; rather, one isenticedto discover the variety of experiences available. From theCambridge English Corpus Enticedor fleeing, we re-form ourselves, taking on partially the coloration of our new backgrounds. From theCambridge English Corpus Writers and readers alike may beenticedinto such worlds by both the drama and the dazzling degree of detail that concentration on a limited geographical area can afford. From theCambridge English Corpus We must not beenticedby mathematically attractive assumptions into pretending that the contingencies of men's social positions and the asymmetries of their situations somehow even out in the end. From theCambridge English Corpus At the more daring edge of innovation, installation artists readily incorporated the new technology into their work,enticedby the possibilities of combination and fusion that it offered. From theCambridge English Corpus Children performed an incredible variety of duties, taking on increased responsibilities as they grew older, until they were eventuallyenticedinto the field by the promise of rewards. From theCambridge English Corpus In those circumstances it is a painful thing that the bondholders should beenticedto come into a new conversion scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Give them the money to spend freely instead, so that they are notenticedinto investing in the wrong things. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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