1520s, from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductionem (nominative seductio), noun of action from past participle stem of seducere (see seduce). Originally with reference to actions or beliefs; sexual sense is from 1769, originally always with women as the objects. Earlier appearance of the word in Middle English with a sense "treason, treachery" probably is a confusion with sedition, which confusion also is found in Old French seducion "treason, betrayal."
雙語例句
1. Her methods of seduction are subtle.
她勾引人的手段很巧妙。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Cleopatra's seduction of Caesar
克里奧帕特拉對凱撒的引誘
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. This was a case of sly, evil seduction as well as murder.
這是一件狡猾 、 惡毒的誘奸案和謀殺案.
來自辭典例句
4. It requires no complicated theories of a preference for authoritarians or personal seduction.