A woman who is described as deliberately drawing a man toward wanting her sexually. Before you use it, know how it feels: this is a literary, old-fashioned, and rather loaded word.

A womanA temptress是一個女人 who is described as被形容成 deliberately drawing a man toward wanting her sexually故意讓一個男人對她產生性方面的慾望。Before you use it在你用這個詞之前，know how it feels先知道它給人的感覺：this is這是 a literary, old-fashioned, and rather loaded word一個文學性、老派、而且帶著不少包袱的詞。

It belongs to novels, film reviews, and newspaper stories, not to normal conversation, and it carries an old idea that a man's desire was the woman's doing and therefore her fault. Because of that, many people today find it sexist, and you will most often meet it either in older writing or used knowingly — jokingly, or in describing a film character type, like the dangerous woman in an old black-and-white movie.

It belongs to它屬於 novels, film reviews, and newspaper stories小說、影評，和報紙故事的場合，not to normal conversation而不是日常對話，and it carries而且帶著 an old idea一個老舊的想法，that a man's desire was the woman's doing and therefore her fault認為男人的慾望是女人造成的、因此是女人的錯。Because of that因為這樣，many people today今天很多人 find it sexist覺得這個詞帶有性別歧視，and you will most often meet it而你最常會在 either in older writing比較舊的文章裡 or used knowingly或者在有意識地使用時遇到它——jokingly像是開玩笑地用，or in describing a film character type或用來描述一種電影角色類型，like the dangerous woman in an old black-and-white movie像一部老黑白電影裡那種危險的女人。

There is no everyday male equivalent in the same shape; "tempter" exists but is rare and usually not about sex at all. Advice for a student: recognise it when you read it, and reach for plain words when you write.

There is no沒有 everyday male equivalent in the same shape相同形狀的日常男性對應詞；"tempter"「tempter」存在 exists but is rare不過很少見 and usually not about sex at all而且通常根本不是跟性有關的意思。Advice for a student給學生的建議是：recognise it when you read it讀到的時候認得出來就好，and reach for plain words when you write寫作的時候就用平實一點的字。