| 单词 | lure |
| 释义 | lure I. 1. 2. a. < lure of adventure > < lure of a pleasant climate > < threw out all the lures of her beauty … to make a prize of his heart — T.L.Peacock > < prohibited all inheritance taxes … as a lure to wealthy settlers — C.P.Curtis > < textbooks … designed as lures to learning — Sloan Wilson > b. (1) < a situation that has, in itself, an intense and universal lure — Louis Kronenberger > < salmon … have for him a quite irresistible lure — J.E.Sayers > < the high-pitched song of fine thin glass, the lure of its translucent depths — Martin James > < the sets and costumes lack lure — Time > (2) archaic < time stoops to no man's lure — A.C.Swinburne > 3. < a pair of wings inverted conjoined in lure or — E.E.Reynolds > 4. a. < uses about three kinds of lures, one being oil catnip which actually makes a bobcat … easy to get in a trap — Fur-Fish-Game > specifically < fishermen casting every kind of lure you've ever seen — Stewart Beach > — compare fly V 4 b. < this flamboyant role … is a lure and pitfall for an ambitious singing actress — Douglas Watt > < party leaders sought to … set a special lure for the state's support — U.S. News & World Report > c. II. transitive verb 1. archaic a. b. < O for a falconer's voice to lure this tercel-gentle back again — Shakespeare > 2. < don't let money lure you into a job you don't like — W.J.Reilly > < the magic of a full moon had lured me from my laboratory — William Beebe > < lured able … men to his staffs — W.T.Ridder > < raised almost half a million dollars to lure new industries to their town — T.E.Murphy > — often used with on or onward < knowledge … keeps luring him on — H.A.Overstreet > < towering cliffs … challenge him, lure him onward — G.I.Bell > intransitive verb 1. archaic 2. obsolete Synonyms: < it was not money that lured the adolescent husbandman to the cities, but the gay life — H.L.Mencken > < lured into the imperfect world of coarse uncompleted passion — Oscar Wilde > or merely to offer an inducement < salt mines, which lured the Celts to settle on prehistoric encampments — Claudia Cassidy > entice may suggest artful coaxing < she appeared to be playing with the bird, possibly amusing herself by trying to entice it on to her hand — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < the fellow — for all his gentle voice — was a deceiver; enticing people to follow him about and listen to his prattle — L.C.Douglas > inveigle may mean persuading one against his will or better judgment < I hope to be able to call and see you there, instead of inveigling you into these surreptitious meetings, even although they have the charm of secrecy — William Black > decoy means to lead into danger or entrap by artifice < the islanders had been living in relative opulence from the wreckage of ships which they had skillfully decoyed to destruction on the reefs — Thomas Barbour > tempt means to arouse a desire sometimes contrary to one's conscience or better judgment < “I was forgetting,” she said. “I am forbidden tea. I mustn't drink it.” She looked at the cup, tremendously tempted. She longed for tea. An occasional transgression could not harm her — Arnold Bennett > < seated bolt upright in a chair that would have tempted a good-humored person to recline — G.B.Shaw > seduce means to lead astray, usually from propriety, duty, or morality < the hideous beast whose craft had seduced me into murder — E.A.Poe > < watching the seditious crew of “Congress men” seducing the colonials into unnatural rebellion against the best of kings and fathers — V.L.Parrington > or to delude < words when used with the gift of magic can seduce a reader into belief that has no roots in reality — Rose Feld > III. IV. |
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