enticeとは

発音

• 韻: -aɪs

動詞

entice (三人称単数 現在形 entices, 現在分詞 enticing, 過去形および過去分詞形 enticed)

1. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
   • 2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 106:

     Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.

   I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

関連する語

• enticement
• enticing

参考

• beguile
• tempt
• seduce

参照

• entice in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• entice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

アナグラム

• encite