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beguiled 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/biˈgīl/,
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beguiled, past participle; beguiled, past tense; beguiling, present participle; beguiles, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
    • - every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine
    • - a beguiling smile
  2. Trick (someone) into doing something
    • - they were beguiled into signing a peace treaty
  3. Help (time) pass pleasantly
    • - to beguile some of the time they went to the movie theater
  1. filled with wonder and delight
  2. (beguilement) bewitchery: magnetic personal charm
  3. (beguilement) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
  4. (beguiling) alluring: highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
  5. (beguiling) misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods; "taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes"
  6. Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
  7. The Beguiled (1971) is a drama film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 Southern Gothic novel written by Thomas Cullinan, originally titled A Painted Devil.
  8. (Beguilement) The Sharing Knife: Beguilement is a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, published in 2006. It is the first book in the The Sharing Knife series.
  9. (beguiling) A beguilement; That beguiles or beguile
  10. (beguiling) passing (time) pleasantly.
  11. deluded; cheated; diverted
  12. to influence by trickery