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    lure 对比 entice
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  • Lure】 ,  【entice】 ,  【inveigle】 ,  【decoy】 ,  【tempt】 ,  【seduce】  are comparable when they mean to draw one from a situation or a course (as of action or behavior) typically felt as right, desirable, or usual or into one felt as wrong, undesirable, or unusual.

    Lure】 implies the action of a strong or irresistible influence which may be baneful or perfectly innocuous or even desirable.

    Entice】  adds to  【lure】 a strong suggestion of artfuless and adroitness.

    Inveigle】 implies the use of wiles and often of deceit and flattery. Distinctively, it may apply to the coaxing of something from someone by such means.

    Decoy】 may mean to entrap or lead (as into danger) by artifice and especially by false appearances.

    Tempt】 historically meant and still may mean to 【entice】 into evil through hope of pleasure or gain. In more general use it may carry a suggestion of exerting such an attraction as inclines one to act against one’s better judgment or higher principles, but more often implies an attracting or inducing that is morally perfectly neutral.

    Seduce】 usually means to lead astray (as from the course of rectitude, propriety, or duty) by overcoming scruples and even in its most favorable senses in which it implies a moving or turning into a new course it commonly suggests some degree of deluding or misleading as the method employed.


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