seduce

verb
🔊/sɪˈdjuːs/
🔊/sɪˈduːs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they seduce
🔊/sɪˈdjuːs/
🔊/sɪˈduːs/
he / she / it seduces
🔊/sɪˈdjuːsɪz/
🔊/sɪˈduːsɪz/
past simple seduced
🔊/sɪˈdjuːst/
🔊/sɪˈduːst/
past participle seduced
🔊/sɪˈdjuːst/
🔊/sɪˈduːst/
-ing form seducing
🔊/sɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/
🔊/sɪˈduːsɪŋ/
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  1. seduce somebody to persuade somebody to have sex with you, especially somebody who is younger or who has less experience than you诱奸
  2. seduce somebody (into something/into doing something) to persuade somebody to do something that they would not usually agree to do by making it seem very attractive诱骗;唆使 synonym entice
    • The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money.高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱交了出来。🔊🔊
    • advertisements that seduce us with promises吸引我们承诺的广告
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
  3. Word Originlate 15th cent. (originally in the sense ‘persuade (someone) to abandon their duty’): from Latin seducere, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.