Word of the Day：June 21， 2021

inveigle

引誘；哄騙；騙取

verb in-VAY-gul

Definition

1：to win over by wiles：entice

以謀取勝：引誘

2：to acquire by ingenuity or flattery：wangle

透過巧妙手段獲得或諂媚奉承獲得：詭計；哄騙

Examples

“Maybe she and Terfel， … whose trajectory into the upper ranks of opera began in 1989 after winning the Lieder Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World， felt a certain kinship。 Either way， after their first meeting she inveigled him into fundraising performances and concerts…。” — Henry Bourne， The Daily Telegraph （London）， 20 Feb。 2021

“也許她和特菲爾……他們在 1989 年獲得 BBC 卡迪夫世界歌手獎的 the Lieder Prize後開始進入the upper ranks of opera 。不管怎樣，在他們第一次見面後，她誘騙他參加籌款表演及籌款音樂會……”

“Yet another feather in Channel 5‘s home-grown drama cap， this intriguing four-parter should satisfy mystery fans perhaps unfulfilled by ITV’s Finding Alice。 Halfpenny excels as the obsessed mother， inveigling her way into the lives of the boy and his father。” — Gerard Gilbert， i （inews。co。uk）， 1 Feb。 2021

Yet another feather in Channel 5‘s home-grown drama cap，這部引人入勝ITV的四集劇《尋找愛麗絲》（Finding Alice）應該能讓神秘粉絲們滿足，也許不能。Halfpenny 擅長扮演讓人痴迷的母親，她用誘騙的方式進入男孩和他父親的生活。”-

Did You Know?

Inveigle， a word that dates from the 16th century， refers to the act of using clever talk， trickery， or flattery either to persuade somebody to do something or to obtain something， but etymologically the word is linked to eyesight—or the lack thereof。 Inveigle came to English from the Anglo-French verb enveegler， meaning “to blind or hoodwink someone，” from the adjective enveugle， meaning “blind。” Enveugle derives from the Medieval Latin ab oculis， a phrase which literally translates to “lacking eyes。”

Inveigle 是一個可追溯到 16 世紀的詞，指的是使用巧妙的說話、詭計或奉承來說服某人做某事或獲得某物的行為，但從詞源上看，該詞與 eyesight「視力」 或 the lack thereof「缺乏」有關。 Inveigle 來自 the Anglo-French verb enveegler，意思是“to blind or hoodwink someone「使某人失明或矇蔽」”，來自形容詞 enveugle，意思是“blind「盲人」”。 Enveugle 源自中世紀拉丁語 ab oculis，這個短詞的字面意思是“lacking eyes「視力不足」”。

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