bait

1. N-VAR Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals. 餌

Vivien refuses to put down bait to tempt wildlife to the waterhole. 維維恩拒絕放餌到水坑引誘野生動物。

2. V-T If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. 放誘餌於

He baited his hook with pie. 他把餡餅放在釣鉤上作餌。

The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey. 男孩子們挖了陷阱，在裡麪放上誘餌，以便用矛刺殺獵物。

3. N-UNCOUNT To use something as bait means to use it to trick or persuade someone to do something. 誘餌[also 'a' N]

Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for commercials. 電眡節目本質上是用來吸引觀衆看商業廣告的誘餌。

4. V-T If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them. 故意惹怒

He delighted in baiting his mother. 他以惹他媽媽生氣爲樂。

5. Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available. 誘導轉曏法 (以廉價商品誘使顧客上門的銷售方法)

The classy piano bar next to Maddalena's really sells 11 dishes for the advertised price at lunch. There's no bait and switch here. 馬達萊納隔壁的高級鋼琴酒吧按廣告中的價位售賣11道午餐菜肴。在這沒有用廉價品招攬生意的幌子。