Tempt

Definition

tempt /tempt/ v ~ sb (into sth/doing sth) ၁။ ဆြယ္သည္။ ေသြးေဆာင္သည္။ ျဖားေယာင္း သည္။ They tried to tempt her (into staying) with offers of promotion. ❍ Nothing would tempt me to join the army. ၂။ ဆြဲေဆာင္သည္။ စိတ္ေပါက္သည္။ The warm weather tempted us into going for a swim. ❍ I am tempted to take the day off. ❏ tempter n ျဖားေယာင္းေသြးေဆာင္သူ။ ❏ tempt fate/providence [ IDM ] အရဲကိုးသည္။ ကံယံုဆူးခ်ံဳ နင္းသည္။ Having escaped injury in the car crash she felt it would be tempting fate to start driving again. ❏ tempting adj မက္စရာေကာင္းေသာ။ ဆြဲေဆာင္ေသာ။ a tempting offer ❍ That cake looks very tempting. ❍ It's tempting to speculate about what might have happened. temptingly adv ❏ temptress /'temptrǝs/ n ( usu joc ) ေသြးေဆာင္သူ အမ်ဳိးသမီး။

Examples

1. The shop windows were lit invitingly
2. tempting the late shoppers.
3. ‘Do you want another drink?’ ‘I’m tempted.’
4. [be tempted to do something] : Don’t be tempted to spend too much.
5. [tempt someone into (doing) something] : You try to tempt the defender into making a tackle.
6. I was sorely (=strongly) tempted to hit him.
7. Unemployment undoubtedly increases the number of those tempted into crime.
8. The programmes are designed to tempt young people into engineering.
9. Jesus was tempted by the Devil.