Word · Frequency #11110
entices
引诱；诱使；诱惑
entices is the third person singular of entice.
核心释义
to persuade someone to do something, often with false or exaggerated promises or persuasion
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引诱；通过激起欲望或希望来吸引。
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
引诱；通过激起欲望或希望来吸引。；诱骗；引诱；怂恿
用法In use
The shop owner put free samples on the counter to entice customers inside.
用法提示：动词 entice 表示“引诱”，后接宾语 customers 和副词 inside。
They tried to entice the cat down from the tree with a piece of fish.
用法提示：动词 entice 表示“诱使”，后接宾语 the cat 和介词短语 down from the tree。
Higher salaries are often used to entice talented workers to join a company.
用法提示：动词 entice 表示“吸引/引诱”，用于被动结构 be used to entice... to do something。
entice sb into doing sth
into后接动名词，表示诱使某人做某事。
The advertisement enticed customers into buying the product.
广告诱使顾客购买该产品。
entice sb to do sth
与into doing sth可互换，但to do更简洁。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- entice someone to do something
- 引诱某人做某事
- Their low prices entice people to shop online.他们的低价引诱人们网购。
- entice customers
- 吸引顾客
- The store uses free samples to entice customers.这家商店用免费样品吸引顾客。
- be enticed by
- 被…所诱惑
- She was enticed by the promise of a better salary.她被更高薪水的承诺所诱惑。
- entice with
- 用…引诱
- They enticed investors with huge returns.他们用高额回报引诱投资者。
- entice away from
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 entice ≈ in + ties：用绳子(ties)把你引进(in)圈套，即“引诱、诱惑”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：广告文案、正式写作、日常讨论 entice 通常用于书面或较正式的表达，指通过引起欲望或期待来引诱、吸引某人；在日常口语中也可出现，但语气比 tempt 或 lure 略正式。整体风格偏中性，适合多数场合。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ice such as advice, device, nice, price, twice, and vice rhyme with entice: all have the stressed /aɪs/ sound. Note that entice ends in /aɪs/, not /aɪər/; entire looks similar but is pronounced /ɪnˈtaɪər/. Also, notice (/ˈnoʊtɪs/), practice (/ˈpræktɪs/), and office (/ˈɔːfɪs/) look similar but have an unstressed /ɪs/ and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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