The smell of cookies tempted him to eat one.
饼干的香味诱使他吃了一个。
Choose the best synonym for the word “tempt”:
B — entice. “tempt” means v. to try to persuade someone to do something
The delicious smell of fresh cookies began to ______ the hungry children.
C — tempt. “tempt” means v. to try to persuade someone to do something
tempt — v. to try to persuade someone to do something. In Chinese: 诱惑.
tempt is pronounced /tɛmpt/. It breaks into 1 syllable: tempt.
The smell of cookies tempted him to eat one. (饼干的香味诱使他吃了一个。)
entice, lure, attract — all close in meaning to tempt (v. to try to persuade someone to do something).
Yes. tempt appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.