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Allure is the pull a person, place, or thing can have when it feels mysterious, , or hard to look away from. It is the quality itself, not a trick by another name.
Allure is the pull a person, place, or thing can have when it feels mysterious, exciting, or hard to look away fromallure 是一個人、地方或東西讓人覺得神秘、刺激、難以移開視線時所帶來的那種吸引力 It is the quality itself, not a trick by another name這指的是那份特質本身而不是換個名字的心機手段
A quiet island can have allure. So can a dangerous idea.
A quiet island can have allure一座安靜的小島可以有 allure So can a dangerous idea一個危險的念頭也可以有
The word is a little formal — more at home in writing and careful speech than in the playground — but adults use it freely.
The word is a little formal這個字有點正式 more at home in writing and careful speech than in the playground比較常出現在寫作和講究的口語裡而不是操場上的閒聊 but adults use it freely不過大人講話時倒是很常用
As a verb, to allure someone is to draw them in with that same pull: close to attract or , though with more glamour than a plain “come here.” People sometimes stretch it: “the allure of cheap clothes” may only mean “why they look so ,” even when there is nothing mysterious about a sale.
As a verb當動詞用時 to allure someone is to draw them in with that same pullallure 某人是指用同樣的吸引力把對方拉過來 close to attract or tempt意思接近 attract 或 tempt though with more glamour than a plain "come here."不過比單純一句「過來」多了幾分魅惑 People sometimes stretch it人們有時候會把這個字用得更寬 "the allure of cheap clothes"像 the allure of cheap clothes may only mean "why they look so tempting,"可能只是指「為什麼便宜衣服看起來這麼誘人」 even when there is nothing mysterious about a sale即使一場特賣根本沒什麼神秘可言
組成al- (from Latin ad, “to, towards”) + lure (from Old French leurre, a lure). From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer / alurer.
同家族的字
- lurethe second half: something that pulls you in
- alluringthe -ing form: having that pull
- allurementallure + -ment: the quality, or the thing that pulls
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
allurenoun詞源 1/əˈlʊɚ/
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The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
allureverb詞源 1/əˈlʊɚ/
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To entice; to attract.
- [They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.
- Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
allurenoun詞源 2
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datedGait; bearing.
- Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
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The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。