lure
verb
noun
lʊə verb
1 to persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong or dangerous, by making it seem attractive or exciting 引诱,诱惑
lure sb into (doing) sth
People may be lured into buying tickets by clever advertising.
人们可能会受滑头广告的诱惑去买票。
lure sb away
Computer games are luring youngsters away from their lessons.
计算机游戏诱惑着青少年,分散了他们的学习注意力。
2 to attract customers, workers, money etc from another company or place 吸引〔其他公司或地方的顾客、工人、资金等〕
lure sb back/away
The bank launched an advertising campaign to lure back its traditional customers.
银行发动了一场广告宣传活动,目的是要把传统客户吸引回去。
It’s very difficult to lure talent away from Silicon Valley.
要吸引人才离开“硅谷”是很困难的。
noun
3 something that attracts people, or the quality of being able to do this 诱惑(物); 诱惑力,吸引力 usually singular 一般用单数
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the lure of easy money
赚钱容易的诱惑
Malc wasn’t mature enough to resist the lure of drink and drugs.
马尔克还不够成熟,抵挡不住酒和毒品的诱惑。
4 an object used to attract animals or fish so that they can be caught 诱饵; 鱼饵;