lure

lure1 /lʊə, ljʊə $ lʊr/ verb [transitiveT]

1 PERSUADEto persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong or dangerous, by making it seem attractive or exciting 引诱，诱惑

lure somebody into (doing) something

People may be lured into buying tickets by clever advertising.

人们可能会受巧妙广告的诱惑去买票。

lure somebody away

Computer games are luring youngsters away from their lessons.

电脑游戏诱惑着青少年，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 somebody back/away

The bank launched an advertising campaign to lure back its traditional customers.

银行展开了一场广告宣传活动，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。

Examples from the Corpus

lure• Ivor and Pauline were lured back to Stroud's bungalow at Staunton, on the pretext of discussing the cash settlement.• Clinton used a state trooper to lure her to a hotel room during a state-sponsored event in 1991.• He's only a seven month old pup and the thieves probably had an easy time luring him away.• Next, she lures him out to her convertible.• Peasants were lured into joining the People's Army by the promises of large sums of money for their families.• Ever since I left the company they have been making attempts to lure me back.• It can take months and years to lure new employers to a region.• The boy apparently lured the girl into his bedroom and attacked her.• The burglary was set up in order to lure the police officer into an ambush.• The film charts the efforts of a dodgy theatre manager trying to lure the singer back for a last encore.• The digging and concealing of pits into which animals could be lured was an even greater mental triumph.

lure somebody into (doing) something• Obviously she had realised the futility of luring Silas into a chalet which lacked a double bed.• Was she the bait to lure him into a trap?• Once the men are seated in the living room off the inside patio, they try to lure the children into conversation.• Advertisers luring people into heavier and heavier reliance on cleansing products would be prosecuted and their bank accounts confiscated.• It would also lure small investors into privatisation issues by exempting small share deals from the stockmarket turnover tax.• And thus to lure him into proposing to Sandra.• They have an uncanny way of escalating minor adversity into major confrontations and luring coworkers into the toxic circle of conflict.• Pop's role in this struggle is to lure us into truancy from our better selves.

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