Word · Frequency #11110
enticing
引诱；诱使；诱惑
enticing is the present participle of entice.
to persuade someone to do something, often with false or exaggerated promises or persuasion
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To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
引诱；通过激起欲望或希望来吸引。
引诱；通过激起欲望或希望来吸引。；诱骗；引诱；怂恿
In use
The shop owner put free samples on the counter to entice customers inside.
They tried to entice the cat down from the tree with a piece of fish.
Higher salaries are often used to entice talented workers to join a company.
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。
She tried to entice the bird to come closer.
她试图引诱鸟儿靠近。
entice sb with sth
用某物作为诱饵吸引某人。
The company enticed new employees with high salaries.
公司用高薪吸引新员工。
Verb forms
base entice · third person entices · -ing enticing · past enticed · past participle enticed
Common mistakes
The store entices to buy more.The store entices customers to buy more.
在中文中，'引诱'常省略宾语，但英语中entice是及物动词，必须接宾语，如customers。
He enticed her for leaving her job.He enticed her into leaving her job.
entice后不能接for+doing，应接into+doing或to+do表示引诱某人做某事。
Connections
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
- 从…挖走
- The rival company enticed our best engineer away from us.竞争对手公司把我们的优秀工程师挖走了。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 entice ≈ in + ties：用绳子(ties)把你引进(in)圈套，即“引诱、诱惑”。
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。
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.
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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