معنى كلمة tempt | الترجمة والشرح والأمثلة

معنى كلمة tempt بالعربي

يغرى

النطق: /tɛmpt/ | /tɛmt/

نوع الكلمة: verb

مستوى الكلمة: A2

tempt

To tempt people is to offer them something they want but shouldn’t have.

I wasn’t hungry, but she tempted me with a piece o f my favorite cake.

She tempted me to eat the apple.
By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs, Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.
Eveline Hill, the protagonist of the Dubliners story "Eveline," for example, successfully extricates herself from the confines of her "Eve" name since, like her nameling in the Garden of Eden who was tempted by promises of knowledge, Eveline, too, is tempted: […]
Its glossy skin tempted me.
The next time you are trout fishing and none of your lures tempts the fish, smoke a spoon hook and cast it.

entice, lure, pander, tease, beguile, entrance, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, bewitch, beckon

tempts, tempting, tempted

Use “tempt” to describe an action or state. Check whether it takes an object and notice the prepositions used with it in the example.

Make a flashcard for “tempt” with its meaning and one original example; review it again tomorrow.