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 entice [ɪn'taɪs]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 诱骗, 引诱, 怂恿

  1. The boy was enticed into playing truant.
    这个男孩被引诱逃学。
  2. He enticed the girl away from home.
    他引诱这个女孩离家出走。
  3. A secret affair will entice you.
    狮子座：有私密的恋情引诱着你。


entice
[ verb ]
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
<verb.communication> lure tempt
He lured me into temptation


Entice \En*tice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enticed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Enticing}.] [OE. entisen, enticen, OF. enticier,
entichier; pref. en- (L. in) + a word of uncertain origin,
cf. OF. atisier to stir a fire, provoke, L. titio firebrand,
or MHG. zicken to push.]
To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to
attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad
sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the
sirens enticed them to listen.

Roses blushing as they blow,
And enticing men to pull. --Beau. & Fl.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
--Prov. i. 10.

Go, and thine erring brother gain,
Entice him home to be forgiven. --Keble.

Syn: To allure; lure; coax; decoy; seduce; tempt; inveigle;
incite; persuade; prevail on. See {Allure}.

  1. Industry executives said it's more likely that IBM will continue the voluntary programs it has used with increasing frequency over the past two years to entice employees into accepting early retirement or buy-out packages.
  2. Bond's decision to separate himself from his company was intended to entice bondholders to approve these steps, Lucas said.
  3. Those honoraria were part of a total of $57,000 in fees that the two exchanges paid to current Senate and House members last year to entice lawmakers to spend time with them.
  4. Some 13,500 lawyers are here this week for the American Bar Association's annual convention, and efforts by spouses and strip-tease barkers to entice them away from speeches and seminars appear to be failing.
  5. Fee recovery and credit projects could then be abolished; in order to entice private enforcers, the government would make discretionary grants for enforcement actions to environmental groups or, for that matter, to bountyhunters.
  6. To do this, the CBOT needed to entice 10 major insurers to agree to regularly supply their premium and claim information to the exchange, and many companies balked.
  7. They still are, but sweeteners from sponsors, and promotional money from record companies, has helped entice them over.
  8. But it still strongly accentuates investment returns. Gold stocks may run ahead for a while yet as yields continue to entice investors.
  9. Defense attorney Leonard Francis argued that the FBI used female agents to entice Lewis into the illegal drug transaction.
  10. The country's market is small - currently there is 760MW of installed capacity - but it is hoped that the possibility of generating electricity to the country's neighbours will entice investors. ENFE, the state railway company.
  11. But the 103-point drop in the FTSE index on Monday will have done little to entice those with worries about the market's volatility.
  12. However, it appears that a price high enough to entice it to sell was not forthcoming.
  13. A U.S. official says one reason behind an administration plan to distribute Nicaraguan currency to the Contras is to entice them back to Nicaragua.
  14. Some are opening up to foreign investment, and have begun to entice foreign capital back.
  15. But the $85 toll, set to offset the $7.79 billion cost of the bridge, doesn't entice many motorists or truckers.
  16. The sector funds entice more-active traders because of their wide price swings and hourly pricing.
  17. Congress allowed this "cross-marketing" of products to entice such concerns as banks, securities firms and insurance companies to buy insolvent thrifts, industry analysts say.
  18. The essential service for which the bonds are being issued, and the fact that water district is an infrequent issuer of debt, helped entice buyers, a Lehman official said.
  19. They're counting on target-audience reports and discount packages to entice advertisers that have stayed away since late 1989.
  20. The funds offered an installment plan for as little as $50 a month in an effort to "entice investors with little or no savings." The undercover operation included investigators posing as potential investors.
  21. Petroperu's previous attempts to entice foreign investment failed because of environmental and guerrilla opposition to exploration.
  22. As part of the company's efforts to boost revenue, Macy is attempting to entice three million inactive charge card holders to return to the store by offering them a special discount on their first charge card purchase.
  23. Potential customers are still awaiting groundbreaking software that will entice them to buy the machine, she said.
  24. However, he said environmental groups will become critical if the program leads to abuses or doesn't entice new companies to make early reductions but instead merely leads to rewards for cleanups that companies would have undertaken anyway.
  25. Despite the encouraging research, Dr. Kradin says it's premature to entice hopeful patients to IL-2/TIL cell therapy.
  26. Environmental officials hope to release female moose that may entice about 20 migratory males wandering the Adirondacks to settle down as well.
  27. Jake, a frisky 3-year-old, made the deer feel at home, sharing his water bucket and trying to entice the woodland animal into games.
  28. To entice new investors, many insurers offer a high initial rate, which is guaranteed only for the first year or so.
  29. Greenmail is a term usually applied to the practice in which outsiders buy a company's stock and then entice the company to buy the shares back at a premium to avoid a takeover.
  30. It probably will be offering consumers complete financial packages involving everything from mutual funds to insurance to mortgages. Similarly, it will entice companies with services ranging from pension management to investment-banking advice.
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