cám dỗ
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Definition
- 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.)