bait

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

Vivien refuses to put down bait to tempt wildlife to the waterhole. 维维恩拒绝放饵到水坑引诱野生动物。

2. V-T If you bait a hook or trap, you put bait on it or in it. 放诱饵于

He baited his hook with pie. 他把馅饼放在钓钩上作饵。

The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey. 男孩子们挖了陷阱，在里面放上诱饵，以便用矛刺杀猎物。

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

Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for commercials. 电视节目本质上是用来吸引观众看商业广告的诱饵。

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. 他以惹他妈妈生气为乐。

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. 诱导转向法 (以廉价商品诱使顾客上门的销售方法)

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. 马达莱纳隔壁的高级钢琴酒吧按广告中的价位售卖11道午餐菜肴。在这没有用廉价品招揽生意的幌子。