英语词汇“tempt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tempttempt /tɛmpt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYtempt

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French tempter, tenter, from Latin temptare, tentare to feel, try, tempt

VERB TABLE

tempt

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	tempt
	he, she, it	tempts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tempted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tempted
	he, she, it	has tempted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tempted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will tempt
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tempted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am tempting
	he, she, it	is tempting
	you, we, they	are tempting
Past	I, he, she, it	was tempting
	you, we, they	were tempting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been tempting
	he, she, it	has been tempting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been tempting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be tempting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been tempting

COLLOCATIONS► Don’t tempt me

“Would you like some more cake?” “Don’t tempt me.”

1to try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractive: tempt somebody to do something They’re offering free gifts to tempt people to join.tempt somebody into doing something We hope to tempt young people into studying science.2to make someone want to have or do something although it is wrong or bad: Leaving valuables in your car will tempt thieves. “Would you like some more cake?” “Don’t tempt me.”be tempted to do something I was tempted to tell him what I really thought.3tempt fate a)to do something that involves unnecessary risk and may cause serious problems: People are tempting fate by building homes in the canyons where fires are common. b)to say too confidently that something will have a good result, that there will be no problems, etc., when it is likely that there will be problems