一、含义不同。
seduce
英 [sɪˈdju:s] 美 [sɪˈdu:s]
vt.勾引,引诱,诱奸(妇女),诱使…堕落,迷惑,使入迷。
The view of lake and plunging cliffs seduces visitors.
湖光旖旎、峭壁峥嵘,游客们被深深吸引了。
tempt英 [tempt] 美 [tɛmpt]
vt.吸引,引诱,怂恿,冒…的风险,使感兴趣
vi.有吸引力
Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime.
降低收入只会使这些家庭更加贫穷物袭,而且可能诱使不法分子进一步犯罪。
二、范围不同。
tempt 含义范围更广,它有冒风险的意思。
As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate.
你刚说从来没输过,晦气就来了。
三、情感色彩不同
seduce带有贬义色彩,tempt 诱惑;引起;冒…的风险;使感兴趣 ,中性词,也比较常用。
1、Having spent so long at a great club like Rangers, no other Scottish team could tempt him away
在流浪者队这样优秀的俱乐部呆了这么久之后,其他苏格兰球队都吸引不了他了。
2、American abdication would tempt Soviet tendencies toward filling every vacuum.
美国的退位将使苏联想要填补每一个真空。
近义词:lure allure entice seduce tempt 【词义:引诱,吸引】
一、lure v. [贬]引诱,诱惑
〔辨析〕
尤指诱使某人做错误或危险的事。
〔例证〕
He attempted to lure her away from her husband and family.
他企图引诱她离开丈夫和家庭。
二、allure v. 诱惑,吸引
〔辨析〕
通常指美好的事物使人受到吸引或诱惑。
〔例证〕
He was allured by her beauty.
他被她的美貌迷住了。
三、entice v. 诱使,引诱
〔辨析〕
通常指以诱人的东西说服某人做某事或去某处。
〔例证〕
The boy was enticed into playing truant.
这个男孩被引诱逃学。
四、seduce v. 引诱,勾引
〔辨析〕
指诱使某人做通常不会做的事,常用被动语态;也指诱使某人发生性关系。
〔例证〕
He was very young and seduced by Paris.
他当时很年轻,抵挡不住巴黎旅源的诱惑。
五、tempt v. 引诱,诱惑
〔辨析罩镇兄〕
指怂恿某人做某事,或引诱某人做明知不对的事,语义较弱。
〔例证〕
His friend tempted him to steal.
他的朋友怂恿他去偷东西。
参考资料来源:百度翻译-seduce
参考资料来源:百度翻译-tempt