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词汇 seductive
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Definition of seductive in English:

seductive

adjective sɪˈdʌktɪvsəˈdəktɪv
  • Tempting and attractive; enticing.

    诱人的;迷人的

    a seductive voice

    迷人的声音。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are rich, seductive, deeply sympathetic images aimed to counter tabloid stereotypes.
    • The combination of light and colour produces a seductive landscape that humanity has fashioned for its own ends.
    • With enough seductive advertising, you could convince many people that night is day.
    • It has a seductive scent and nourishes skin without making it sticky.
    • I can understand how seductive the idea is for someone who is less fortunate.
    • Awesome and seductive, they undo the myth that contemporary art is unintelligible to all but the initiated.
    • Your sculpted physique and mastery of seductive poetry is simply overwhelming.
    • The results are seductive and powerful and all the more dangerous as a consequence.
    • This line of argument is comforting and seductive, but not convincing.
    • The latter have been seduced by big business with seductive talk of ‘saving the planet’.
    • The gesture was entirely practical, yet it was also deeply seductive.
    • It seems to be more talked about now, and minds are opening to the effectiveness of seductive selling.
    • Some designers have gone further by experimenting with sheer fabrics to add a seductive appeal.
    • This is seductive as sentiment but far from persuasive as argument.
    • The idea of superiority is the most seductive notion ever visited upon the human life.
    • Our modern capitalist world makes it all the more seductive to shirk the responsibility of cooking.
    • His voice dropped to a seductive whisper and Dawn felt it all the way to her toes.
    • Visions of Shanghai and Singapore provide seductive images and useful rhetoric.
    • They have a beauty all their own, a seductive, sexy, sinuous swiftness that puts everything else in the sea to shame.
    • I spent time writing a song that was designed to be for a techno beat and the lyrics were tantalizing and seductive.
    Synonyms
    sexy, sexually arousing, sexually exciting, alluring, tempting, suggestive, tantalizing, fascinating, ravishing, captivating, bewitching, immodest, shameless, erotic, sensuous, sultry, slinky, passionate, raunchy, steamy, coquettish, amorous, flirtatious, provocative, come-hither
    informal come-to-bed, tarty, hot
    vulgar slang fuck-me
    attractive, appealing, inviting, alluring, tempting, enticing, beguiling, engaging, winning, irresistible

Derivatives

  • seductiveness

  • noun sɪˈdʌktɪvnəssəˈdəktɪvnəs
    • It's also the one season in which couples and singles are at peace with each other, as both benefit from summer's seductiveness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Steve knows all about the glamour and seductiveness of drugs.
      • The idea holds enough truth and seductiveness to make it easy to forget its delusional dangers.
      • What Rosenbaum is drawn to is the seductiveness of the hidden.
      • While his work, in its seductiveness, might appeal to unsophisticated tastes, there is nothing unsophisticated about the paintings themselves.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from seduction, on the pattern of pairs such as induction, inductive.

Definition of seductive in US English:

seductive

adjectivesəˈdəktivsəˈdəktɪv
  • Tempting and attractive; enticing.

    诱人的;迷人的

    a seductive voice

    迷人的声音。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His voice dropped to a seductive whisper and Dawn felt it all the way to her toes.
    • Awesome and seductive, they undo the myth that contemporary art is unintelligible to all but the initiated.
    • The gesture was entirely practical, yet it was also deeply seductive.
    • The latter have been seduced by big business with seductive talk of ‘saving the planet’.
    • The idea of superiority is the most seductive notion ever visited upon the human life.
    • This line of argument is comforting and seductive, but not convincing.
    • Some designers have gone further by experimenting with sheer fabrics to add a seductive appeal.
    • This is seductive as sentiment but far from persuasive as argument.
    • These are rich, seductive, deeply sympathetic images aimed to counter tabloid stereotypes.
    • I can understand how seductive the idea is for someone who is less fortunate.
    • It seems to be more talked about now, and minds are opening to the effectiveness of seductive selling.
    • Visions of Shanghai and Singapore provide seductive images and useful rhetoric.
    • They have a beauty all their own, a seductive, sexy, sinuous swiftness that puts everything else in the sea to shame.
    • I spent time writing a song that was designed to be for a techno beat and the lyrics were tantalizing and seductive.
    • The combination of light and colour produces a seductive landscape that humanity has fashioned for its own ends.
    • With enough seductive advertising, you could convince many people that night is day.
    • It has a seductive scent and nourishes skin without making it sticky.
    • The results are seductive and powerful and all the more dangerous as a consequence.
    • Our modern capitalist world makes it all the more seductive to shirk the responsibility of cooking.
    • Your sculpted physique and mastery of seductive poetry is simply overwhelming.
    Synonyms
    sexy, sexually arousing, sexually exciting, alluring, tempting, suggestive, tantalizing, fascinating, ravishing, captivating, bewitching, immodest, shameless, erotic, sensuous, sultry, slinky, passionate, raunchy, steamy, coquettish, amorous, flirtatious, provocative, come-hither
    attractive, appealing, inviting, alluring, tempting, enticing, beguiling, engaging, winning, irresistible

Origin

Mid 18th century: from seduction, on the pattern of pairs such as induction, inductive.

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