Definition of seduction in English:

seduction

noun sɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)nsəˈdəkʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The action of seducing someone.
引诱，诱惑
if seduction doesn't work, she can play on his sympathy
如果引诱不管用，她可以利用他的同情心做文章。
count noun she was planning a seduction
她正计划一次引诱行动。
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a mission which looks dangerously like seduction as she hangs around gazing calf-like at the older man, who reacts with a panicky cold sweat.
- Wine has also had a long association with the art of seduction.
- The four players skilfully acted out very different scenes, playing with universal images of rejection, seduction and romance.
- The only time seduction doesn't involve warmth and feeling, says Greene, is when it is performed by a coquette.
- It gives you a simple style with a touch of feminine seduction.
- This is no lesson in morality, but an invitation to seduction.
- A magazine editor who has lived in Hollywood for many years, he has witnessed first-hand how corrupting seduction can be.
- Here, she turns her microscope on a male lover hopelessly addicted to serial seduction and romantic self-absorption.
- How does one contain power that flows not from coercion but seduction?
- Control over others, through processes of possession, domination, and seduction, are the main mechanisms at work here.
- Whether it was Halloween or Christmas, she always had a bright, toothy smile on her face and the look of sheer seduction in her eyes.
- It was the curtain and her husband's fears and warnings which alerted her to the presence of a possible source of seduction.
- There is a difference between lechery and seduction.
- The latter used to be called seduction - but seduction is now seen as a crime that we had simply failed to recognise.
- Elsewhere on the video, she silently mimes emotional states that range from fear and sadness to seduction.
- A valuable weapon in the armoury of seduction, it covers a multitude of sins, including wrinkles and blemishes.
- Snakes are an important symbol of power and seduction.
Synonyms
persuading someone to have sexual intercourse, taking away someone's innocence
rape, violation, debauching, corruption
informal bedding, tumbling
archaic dishonouring, ruin
dated ravishment, defloration
1. 1.1often seductionscount noun A tempting or attractive thing.
  诱人的事物
  the seductions of the mainland
  大陆的诱人之处。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thomas Jefferson is a particularly interesting example of someone who partially resisted its seductions.
  Understandably, we attempt to teach our children to value history over the easy seductions of space.
  Immune to the seductions of fashion, Brookner's preoccupations have nonetheless begun to parallel contemporary anxieties.
  Nearly everywhere he looks, it seems, a Republican governor or legislature is finding the seductions of tax hikes too powerful to resist in the face of reduced federal support and soaring education and health-care costs.
  Pizzetti is the artist who has rejected the volatile and ephemeral seductions of fashion and the servitude to others by preferring loyalty to himself.
  From my earliest youth, I resisted the helpful attempts of family and friends to introduce me to the seductions of opera.
  On that sun-drenched summer day, every bend commanded out-of-the-world views and we surrendered to the seductions of the idyllic setting, knowing that life couldn't get better than this!
  The book is about power and its seductions and terrors.
  That iconoclastic culture rejects the seductions of the representational.
  I too, much to my chagrin, fell prey to the seductions of the city.
  He is an honest man despite the considerable seductions of his vocation.
  French humanists eloquently cautioned us about the seductions of technologism.
  I think it will be hard for the newcomer to avoid the seductions of the center.
  What goes beyond the cataloguing of the hidden structures, the invisible powers, seductions, and numerous offenses we have been preoccupied with for so long?
  Synonyms
  temptation, attraction, lure, allure, call, pull, draw, charm, bait, decoy, magnet
  (seductions) appeal, attractiveness, fascination, interest, glamour, drawing power, magnetism, enchantment, enticement
  informal come-on

Origin

Early 16th century: from French séduction or Latin seductio(n-), from seducere 'draw aside' (see seduce).

Rhymes

abduction, conduction, construction, deduction, destruction, eduction, effluxion, induction, instruction, introduction, misconstruction, obstruction, production, reduction, ruction, suction, underproduction

Definition of seduction in US English:

seduction

nounsəˈdəkʃ(ə)nsəˈdəkSH(ə)n

1The action of seducing someone.
引诱，诱惑
if seduction doesn't work, she can play on his sympathy
如果引诱不管用，她可以利用他的同情心做文章。
she was planning a seduction
她正计划一次引诱行动。
Example sentencesExamples
- Whether it was Halloween or Christmas, she always had a bright, toothy smile on her face and the look of sheer seduction in her eyes.
- Here, she turns her microscope on a male lover hopelessly addicted to serial seduction and romantic self-absorption.
- Wine has also had a long association with the art of seduction.
- It gives you a simple style with a touch of feminine seduction.
- It's a mission which looks dangerously like seduction as she hangs around gazing calf-like at the older man, who reacts with a panicky cold sweat.
- Elsewhere on the video, she silently mimes emotional states that range from fear and sadness to seduction.
- How does one contain power that flows not from coercion but seduction?
- Snakes are an important symbol of power and seduction.
- There is a difference between lechery and seduction.
- A valuable weapon in the armoury of seduction, it covers a multitude of sins, including wrinkles and blemishes.
- A magazine editor who has lived in Hollywood for many years, he has witnessed first-hand how corrupting seduction can be.
- It was the curtain and her husband's fears and warnings which alerted her to the presence of a possible source of seduction.
- The four players skilfully acted out very different scenes, playing with universal images of rejection, seduction and romance.
- Control over others, through processes of possession, domination, and seduction, are the main mechanisms at work here.
- The only time seduction doesn't involve warmth and feeling, says Greene, is when it is performed by a coquette.
- This is no lesson in morality, but an invitation to seduction.
- The latter used to be called seduction - but seduction is now seen as a crime that we had simply failed to recognise.
Synonyms
persuading someone to have sexual intercourse, taking away someone's innocence
1. 1.1often seductions A tempting or attractive thing.
  诱人的事物
  the seductions of the mainland
  大陆的诱人之处。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I too, much to my chagrin, fell prey to the seductions of the city.
  Nearly everywhere he looks, it seems, a Republican governor or legislature is finding the seductions of tax hikes too powerful to resist in the face of reduced federal support and soaring education and health-care costs.
  On that sun-drenched summer day, every bend commanded out-of-the-world views and we surrendered to the seductions of the idyllic setting, knowing that life couldn't get better than this!
  From my earliest youth, I resisted the helpful attempts of family and friends to introduce me to the seductions of opera.
  What goes beyond the cataloguing of the hidden structures, the invisible powers, seductions, and numerous offenses we have been preoccupied with for so long?
  Thomas Jefferson is a particularly interesting example of someone who partially resisted its seductions.
  Immune to the seductions of fashion, Brookner's preoccupations have nonetheless begun to parallel contemporary anxieties.
  He is an honest man despite the considerable seductions of his vocation.
  That iconoclastic culture rejects the seductions of the representational.
  I think it will be hard for the newcomer to avoid the seductions of the center.
  Pizzetti is the artist who has rejected the volatile and ephemeral seductions of fashion and the servitude to others by preferring loyalty to himself.
  French humanists eloquently cautioned us about the seductions of technologism.
  Understandably, we attempt to teach our children to value history over the easy seductions of space.
  The book is about power and its seductions and terrors.
  Synonyms
  temptation, attraction, lure, allure, call, pull, draw, charm, bait, decoy, magnet

Origin

Early 16th century: from French séduction or Latin seductio(n-), from seducere ‘draw aside’ (see seduce).

词汇	seduction
释义	Definition of seduction in English: seduction noun sɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)nsəˈdəkʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The action of seducing someone. 引诱，诱惑 if seduction doesn't work, she can play on his sympathy 如果引诱不管用，她可以利用他的同情心做文章。 count noun she was planning a seduction 她正计划一次引诱行动。 Example sentencesExamples It's a mission which looks dangerously like seduction as she hangs around gazing calf-like at the older man, who reacts with a panicky cold sweat. Wine has also had a long association with the art of seduction. The four players skilfully acted out very different scenes, playing with universal images of rejection, seduction and romance. The only time seduction doesn't involve warmth and feeling, says Greene, is when it is performed by a coquette. It gives you a simple style with a touch of feminine seduction. This is no lesson in morality, but an invitation to seduction. A magazine editor who has lived in Hollywood for many years, he has witnessed first-hand how corrupting seduction can be. Here, she turns her microscope on a male lover hopelessly addicted to serial seduction and romantic self-absorption. How does one contain power that flows not from coercion but seduction? Control over others, through processes of possession, domination, and seduction, are the main mechanisms at work here. Whether it was Halloween or Christmas, she always had a bright, toothy smile on her face and the look of sheer seduction in her eyes. It was the curtain and her husband's fears and warnings which alerted her to the presence of a possible source of seduction. There is a difference between lechery and seduction. The latter used to be called seduction - but seduction is now seen as a crime that we had simply failed to recognise. Elsewhere on the video, she silently mimes emotional states that range from fear and sadness to seduction. A valuable weapon in the armoury of seduction, it covers a multitude of sins, including wrinkles and blemishes. Snakes are an important symbol of power and seduction. Synonyms persuading someone to have sexual intercourse, taking away someone's innocence rape, violation, debauching, corruption informal bedding, tumbling archaic dishonouring, ruin dated ravishment, defloration 1.1often seductionscount noun A tempting or attractive thing. 诱人的事物 the seductions of the mainland 大陆的诱人之处。 Example sentencesExamples Thomas Jefferson is a particularly interesting example of someone who partially resisted its seductions. Understandably, we attempt to teach our children to value history over the easy seductions of space. Immune to the seductions of fashion, Brookner's preoccupations have nonetheless begun to parallel contemporary anxieties. Nearly everywhere he looks, it seems, a Republican governor or legislature is finding the seductions of tax hikes too powerful to resist in the face of reduced federal support and soaring education and health-care costs. Pizzetti is the artist who has rejected the volatile and ephemeral seductions of fashion and the servitude to others by preferring loyalty to himself. From my earliest youth, I resisted the helpful attempts of family and friends to introduce me to the seductions of opera. On that sun-drenched summer day, every bend commanded out-of-the-world views and we surrendered to the seductions of the idyllic setting, knowing that life couldn't get better than this! The book is about power and its seductions and terrors. That iconoclastic culture rejects the seductions of the representational. I too, much to my chagrin, fell prey to the seductions of the city. He is an honest man despite the considerable seductions of his vocation. French humanists eloquently cautioned us about the seductions of technologism. I think it will be hard for the newcomer to avoid the seductions of the center. What goes beyond the cataloguing of the hidden structures, the invisible powers, seductions, and numerous offenses we have been preoccupied with for so long? Synonyms temptation, attraction, lure, allure, call, pull, draw, charm, bait, decoy, magnet (seductions) appeal, attractiveness, fascination, interest, glamour, drawing power, magnetism, enchantment, enticement informal come-on Origin Early 16th century: from French séduction or Latin seductio(n-), from seducere 'draw aside' (see seduce). Rhymes abduction, conduction, construction, deduction, destruction, eduction, effluxion, induction, instruction, introduction, misconstruction, obstruction, production, reduction, ruction, suction, underproduction Definition of seduction in US English: seduction nounsəˈdəkʃ(ə)nsəˈdəkSH(ə)n 1The action of seducing someone. 引诱，诱惑 if seduction doesn't work, she can play on his sympathy 如果引诱不管用，她可以利用他的同情心做文章。 she was planning a seduction 她正计划一次引诱行动。 Example sentencesExamples Whether it was Halloween or Christmas, she always had a bright, toothy smile on her face and the look of sheer seduction in her eyes. Here, she turns her microscope on a male lover hopelessly addicted to serial seduction and romantic self-absorption. Wine has also had a long association with the art of seduction. It gives you a simple style with a touch of feminine seduction. It's a mission which looks dangerously like seduction as she hangs around gazing calf-like at the older man, who reacts with a panicky cold sweat. Elsewhere on the video, she silently mimes emotional states that range from fear and sadness to seduction. How does one contain power that flows not from coercion but seduction? Snakes are an important symbol of power and seduction. There is a difference between lechery and seduction. A valuable weapon in the armoury of seduction, it covers a multitude of sins, including wrinkles and blemishes. A magazine editor who has lived in Hollywood for many years, he has witnessed first-hand how corrupting seduction can be. It was the curtain and her husband's fears and warnings which alerted her to the presence of a possible source of seduction. The four players skilfully acted out very different scenes, playing with universal images of rejection, seduction and romance. Control over others, through processes of possession, domination, and seduction, are the main mechanisms at work here. The only time seduction doesn't involve warmth and feeling, says Greene, is when it is performed by a coquette. This is no lesson in morality, but an invitation to seduction. The latter used to be called seduction - but seduction is now seen as a crime that we had simply failed to recognise. Synonyms persuading someone to have sexual intercourse, taking away someone's innocence 1.1often seductions A tempting or attractive thing. 诱人的事物 the seductions of the mainland 大陆的诱人之处。 Example sentencesExamples I too, much to my chagrin, fell prey to the seductions of the city. Nearly everywhere he looks, it seems, a Republican governor or legislature is finding the seductions of tax hikes too powerful to resist in the face of reduced federal support and soaring education and health-care costs. On that sun-drenched summer day, every bend commanded out-of-the-world views and we surrendered to the seductions of the idyllic setting, knowing that life couldn't get better than this! From my earliest youth, I resisted the helpful attempts of family and friends to introduce me to the seductions of opera. What goes beyond the cataloguing of the hidden structures, the invisible powers, seductions, and numerous offenses we have been preoccupied with for so long? Thomas Jefferson is a particularly interesting example of someone who partially resisted its seductions. Immune to the seductions of fashion, Brookner's preoccupations have nonetheless begun to parallel contemporary anxieties. He is an honest man despite the considerable seductions of his vocation. That iconoclastic culture rejects the seductions of the representational. I think it will be hard for the newcomer to avoid the seductions of the center. Pizzetti is the artist who has rejected the volatile and ephemeral seductions of fashion and the servitude to others by preferring loyalty to himself. French humanists eloquently cautioned us about the seductions of technologism. Understandably, we attempt to teach our children to value history over the easy seductions of space. The book is about power and its seductions and terrors. Synonyms temptation, attraction, lure, allure, call, pull, draw, charm, bait, decoy, magnet Origin Early 16th century: from French séduction or Latin seductio(n-), from seducere ‘draw aside’ (see seduce).
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