1 N-COUNT 汽笛;警报器 A siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens. 汽笛;警报器
SYN alert, warning, signal, alarm
2 N-COUNT 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇 Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way. 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇 [literary]
SYN seductress, vamp [informal] , femme fatale, witch
3 PHRASE [NOUN inflects] 诱人的东西;诱惑 A siren call or siren song is the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous. 诱人的东西;诱惑
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Unable to resist the siren call of the cards, he withdrew their savings and headed for Las Vegas.
他无法抵挡赌牌的诱惑,便提取了他们的存款前往拉斯韦加斯。
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He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.
他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索—按照他的说法,这种做法就是向诱惑低头。
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