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To entice someone is to pull them toward doing something or going somewhere by offering what they want — money, food, a nicer life, a secret, a beautiful thing. You are not forcing them; you are making the path look worth taking.
To entice someone is to pull them toward doing something or going somewhereEntice 一個人，是用他們想要的東西把他們拉去做某件事或去某個地方——by offering what they want靠給他們想要的東西，— money, food, a nicer life, a secret, a beautiful thing像是錢、食物、更好的生活、一個秘密，或一件美麗的東西。 You are not forcing them你不是在強迫他們；you are making the path look worth taking你是讓那條路看起來值得走。
It can be small and everyday (a smell that entices you into a bakery) or serious (to entice someone into a trap). To entice a child, in news and law, is a dark, criminal use — not a cute one.
It can be small and everyday它可以是小小的、日常的，(a smell that entices you into a bakery)（像一股香味把你引誘進麵包店），or serious也可以是嚴重的，(to entice someone into a trap)（像把某人誘騙進一個陷阱）。 To entice a childTo entice a child（誘拐兒童）in news and law, is a dark, criminal use在新聞和法律裡，是一種黑暗的犯罪用法——not a cute one不是可愛的意思。
The word is a little more formal than “,” and it often carries a slight warning: the offer may not be as kind as it looks. Though actually, shops and ads use it quite for harmless pulling-in.
The word is a little more formal than “tempt,”這個字比「tempt（誘惑）」稍微正式一點，and it often carries a slight warning而且常常帶著一點警告的意味：the offer may not be as kind as it looks那個提議可能沒有看起來那麼善意。 Though actually不過其實，shops and ads use it quite cheerfully for harmless pulling-in商店和廣告也會很開心地用它，來講無害的吸引顧客。
組成From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a later Latin word meaning “I set on fire,” from in- + titiō (a firebrand, a burning stick). The old picture is lighting a fire in someone — stirring them up.
同家族的字
- enticementthe noun — the act or the offer that pulls you
- enticingthe adjective — describing something that pulls you in
原始詞典資料1 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。
enticeverb/ɪnˈtaɪs/
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To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
- I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
- Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.
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。