tempt學測 L5KK [ˈtɛmpt] ｜ /ˈtɛmpt/
誘惑；引誘·慫恿；使心動
常考「被動式+不定詞」句型
The free dessert tempted her to spend more money than she planned.
免費的甜點誘惑她花了比預期更多的錢。
一個畫面：誘餌勾人上鉤
誘人香氣美食香味飄來，勾起慾望
伸手拿取忍不住伸手想拿
心裡拉扯理智與慾望互相拉扯
義項
香氣誘惑B2verb誘惑；引誘
The smell of hot cookies tempted him to eat one more.
熱餅乾的香味誘惑他想再吃一個。
be tempted byhard to resist
心動慫恿C1verb慫恿；使心動
My classmate tried to tempt me to skip the test.
同學慫恿我翹掉段考。
try to tempteasily tempted
片語
be tempted to心癢難耐 →忍不住想去做
tempt fate以身試險 →自找不必要的風險
你會不會這樣說？
She ___ to fix the leaking pipe herself. (tempted / attempted)
看答案
attempted
tempt 是誘惑，attempt 才是嘗試動手做，拼字相近易混淆。
I was so hungry that I ___ eat the whole pizza. (tempt to / tempted to)
看答案
tempted to
tempt 常接被動式 be tempted to V。
字族
temptation 誘惑（名詞）・tempting 誘人的（形容詞）
順路看看
lure — 強調用誘餌把人騙過去persuade — 單純說服，不一定涉及壞事多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
工作安排
The sunny weather tempted Leo to leave the office before finishing his report.
晴朗的天氣讓里歐很想還沒完成報告就離開辦公室。
同事邀約
A colleague tried to tempt me to skip the required training and join a game instead.
一位同事試圖慫恿我翹掉必修訓練，改去參加遊戲。
詞族
tempt verb 引誘；使心動・temptation noun 誘惑；想做某事的衝動・tempting adjective 誘人的；令人心動的・tempted verb (past tense / past participle) 引誘的過去式／過去分詞
四選一
A tight deadline may ____ employees to skip the final document check.
看答案
tempt
完整句中 may 後接原形動詞 tempt，形成 tempt someone to do something。temptation 是名詞；tempted 是過去式／過去分詞；tempting 是形容詞或 -ing 形式，三者都不能直接接在此處的 may 後。
同義改寫
I was tempted to skip the team briefing and finish my report instead. → I felt the urge to skip the team briefing and finish my report instead.
兩句都表示我有跳過團隊簡報會、改去完成報告的衝動，沒有表示最後真的這樣做。
The chance to leave early tempted Nora to rush through the final check. → The chance to leave early made Nora want to rush through the final check.
兩句都表示提早離開的機會讓諾拉想草草完成最後檢查，保留了誘惑與想做某事的關係。