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A seducer is a man who talks someone into having sex with him, usually by charm, attention, and promises rather than by force. The word is a little old-fashioned and a little judging: it paints the man as skilled at this, and it often suggests the other person later feels used or tricked.
A seducer誘惑者 is a man who talks someone into having sex with him是一個用花言巧語讓別人跟他發生性關係的男人, usually by charm, attention, and promises rather than by force通常是靠魅力、關注和承諾,而不是靠強迫。The word is a little old-fashioned and a little judging這個字有點老派、也帶點批判: it paints the man as skilled at this它把這個男人描繪成很擅長這一套, and it often suggests the other person later feels used or tricked也常暗示對方後來會覺得被利用或被騙。
Older novels and films love it; younger people more often say player, or they just describe what the person did.
Older novels and films love it老一輩的小說和電影很愛用這個字; younger people more often say player年輕人比較常說player, or they just describe what the person did或乾脆直接描述這個人做了什麼。
Though actually, the verb seduce can also mean talking someone into something they should not do, not only sex — but seducer in ordinary use still points at the sexual, romantic meaning, and it is marked as male. The female word is .
Though actually不過其實, the verb seduce can also mean talking someone into something they should not do動詞seduce也可以指誘使某人去做不該做的事, not only sex不只限於性方面 — but seducer in ordinary use still points at the sexual, romantic meaning但seducer在一般用法裡指的還是性、情感方面的意思, and it is marked as male而且是指男性。The female word女性的說法 is seductress是seductress。
It is not a compliment in careful talk; it carries a moral .
It is not a compliment in careful talk在講究用詞的場合,這不是稱讚; it carries a moral frown它帶著一種道德上的皺眉。
組成seduce + -er (the person who does it).
同家族的字
- seducethe verb — to talk someone into sex, or into something they should not do
- seductionthe act or the charm used to do it
- seductivethe adjective — tempting in that way
- seductressthe old female counterpart
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。
seducernoun
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Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.
- But Ted Farrell couldn't stop; that armful of active girl was too much for the wise precautions of a seducer. He kept panting, "Don't be a nark, Cora," while struggling to hold her down.
- Knox takes us through the lives of memorable seducers and their critics, in sometimes academic and sometimes rococo prose dappled with doges, coups de foudre, rakes, bawds, coquettes, coxcombs and procuresses — with guest appearances by members of the Frankfurt School sunning themselves in La Jolla.
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。