As far as we know, then, it is perfumes similar to those of flowers that the male Lepidoptera give off in order to entice their mates, and this is a further indication that animals, like plants, can to a large extent meet the claims made upon them by life, and produce the adaptations which are most purposive,--a further proof, too, of my proposition that the useful variations, so to speak, are ALWAYS THERE. The flowers developed the perfumes which entice their visitors, and the male Lepidoptera developed the perfumes which entice and excite their mates.英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
Not the lands of palm and date and rice
Glow more bright when summer leaves them glowing,
Laugh more light when suns and winds entice.英文原著 · 《A Century of Roundels》
Once in a filthy hovel in a black alley she came upon a poor girl dying of a loathsome ill, and as she stood by her bed of rags she heard in her delirium the uttering of one man's name again and again, and when she questioned those about she found that the sufferer had been a little country wench enticed to town by this man for a plaything, and in a few weeks cast off to give birth to a child in the almshouse, and then go down to the depths of vice in the kennel.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
The groans were probably a trick, to entice him, unarmed, into the night. And so, just before the dawn, when the mists rose, and the groans ceased, Everett, still arguing, sank with a contented sigh into forgetfulness.英文原著 · 《A Question of Latitude》
Ashmead made head against these with his simple arts. For one thing, he showed her a dozen paragraphs in MS. he was sending to as many English weekly papers, describing her heavy gains at the table. "With these stones," said he, "I kill two birds: extend your fame, and entice your idol back to you." Here a growl, which I suspect was an inarticulate curse. Joseph, fi!英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
In the Middle Atlantic States its peeping sound and the clicking of its particolored bill are infrequently heard in the village streets in the autumn, when the shy and solitary birds are enticed from the deep woods by a prospect of a more plentiful diet of insects, attracted by the fruit in orchards and gardens.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
You could file, and we will, for intellectual property theft, for tortious interference for both the investor piece and any employees they enticed away, and these suits will have to be defended, but-- But we won't win.美剧 · 《Billions》
Would Homer cut away from Odysseus's journey just as he was being enticed by the sirens' song?美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
I guess I set up the video camera to try and entice Joey.美剧 · 《Friends》
Oh so-so you weren't trying to entice me just now with your-your nakedness?美剧 · 《Friends》