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luring

/loor/US // lʊər //UK // (lʊə) //

诱惑,诱骗,引诱,诱导

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
    • : the power of attracting or enticing.
    • : a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in fishing or trapping.
    • : Falconry. a feathered decoy for attracting a hawk, swung at the end of a long line and sometimes baited with raw meat.
    • : a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lured, lur·ing.

    • : to attract, entice, or tempt; allure.
    • : to draw or recall, as by a lure or decoy.

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Examples

  • Verizon is battling AT&T and T-Mobile, its 5G rivals, to win over consumers with the lure of much faster download speeds.

  • And he is said to be luring more young Muslims from his home region in the Pankisi Gorge to join his insurgency forces.

  • This is not always best for luring visitors to the real city.

  • The park administration has embarked on a slew of tourist-luring projects.

  • To listen to him tell it, luring businesses across state lines is part of a great American tradition.

  • Whatever half-answers we got about Terminus raised ten times more questions, luring us deeper.

  • In the depths of his being, below an immense horizon, shone joy, luring him onward and brightening as it did so.

  • By luring a Gern cruiser here and then taking it away from them.

  • There was a booth-theatre fitted up, and luring the folk to its dingy green canvas enclosure.

  • Now it is not to be presumed, that so luring a game as cards would have been omitted in the enumeration, had they been in use.

  • Annesley made no objection to Knight's plan for luring the journalist into his "trap," which was a harmless one.