Definition

1. Verb:
   • To tempt: To try to persuade someone, especially to do something wrong or unwise, by making it seem attractive or appealing.
   • To seduce: To entice someone into sexual activity or into a specific course of action, often by offering something desirable.
   • To lure: To attract or entice someone into a trap or a dangerous or undesirable situation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sự giàu có không thể cám dỗ anh ấy từ bỏ nguyên tắc. (Wealth could not tempt him to abandon his principles.)
  • Hắn ta cố gắng cám dỗ cô bằng những lời hứa hẹn ngọt ngào. (He tried to seduce her with sweet promises.)
  • Những lời quảng cáo đó được thiết kế để cám dỗ người tiêu dùng. (Those advertisements are designed to lure consumers.)

Advanced Usage

• "kẻ cám dỗ": The tempter; the seducer.
  • Trong câu chuyện, con rắn là kẻ cám dỗ. (In the story, the serpent is the tempter.)
• Used in religious or moral contexts to describe the act of leading someone into sin or wrongdoing.
  • Ma quỷ cố gắng cám dỗ con người. (The devil tries to tempt mankind.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự cám dỗ (n): Temptation; seduction.
  • Anh ấy đã cưỡng lại sự cám dỗ. (He resisted the temptation.)

Synonyms

• Entice: To attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
• Allure: To powerfully attract or charm.
• Inveigle: To persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery.

Related Idioms

• Ngọt ngào cám dỗ: A sweet temptation.
  • Chiếc bánh ngon là một ngọt ngào cám dỗ khó cưỡng. (The delicious cake is a sweet temptation hard to resist.)
• Sa ngã vì cám dỗ: To fall into sin/temptation.
  • Nhiều người đã sa ngã vì cám dỗ của quyền lực. (Many have fallen due to the temptation of power.)

verb

1. To seduce