‌‌‌‌　　英：lure; 法：leurre

‌‌‌‌　　阿兰·谢里丹在他给其《著作集》译本提供的术语简表中指出：“这一法文单词不同地转译了 (猎鹰、捕鱼用的)‘诱饵' (lure)、（抓鸟用的）‘囮子' (decoy)、（钓鱼用的）‘咬饵' (bait), 以及‘蛊惑' (allurement)与‘诱惑' (enticement)的概念。”(Sheridan, 1g77:xi)

‌‌‌‌　　引诱是属于想象秩序的一部分。因而，孩子在前俄狄浦斯三角中的那些诱奸性策略（当孩子试图成为母亲的阳具之时）便被描述为引诱 (S4,201)。就精神分析治疗而言，在分析治疗中遭遇到的那些阻抗 (RESISTANCES)就是分析家必须用尽自己的全部狡狯以避免落入其陷阱的引诱。

‌‌‌‌　　人类并非是唯一能够设置诱饵的动物，这一事实有时也会被用来充当“动物意识”(animal consciousness)存在的有力证明。然而，拉康则指出有必要在动物的引诱与人类的引诱之间做出区分：

‌‌‌‌　　·动物的引诱动物可以通过自己的伪装，或是“通过佯装残弱掉队而把掠食者诱离族群”来进行欺骗，但是“即便在这里也没有任何东西超越了引诱服务于需要的功能”(E, 172)。动物的引诱在交配仪式中极其重要，其中一只动物必须诱使另一只动物与其交媾，而这也同样给人类的性欲赋予了其强大的想象性元素；“性行为尤其带有引诱的倾向”(S2,123).

‌‌‌‌　　·人类的引诱动物的引诱皆是直截了当的，而唯独人类能够进行涉及“双重欺骗”(double deception)的那种特殊类型的引诱。这种特殊的引诱即在于通过假装欺骗来进行欺骗（即故意说出会被别人当成谎话的真话；见：E, 305)。适合于人类引诱的一个经典的例子，便是弗洛伊德曾经引用（拉康也常常援引）的有关两个波兰裔犹太人的那则笑话：“为什么你告诉我说你要去克拉科夫(Cracow),以至于我会相信你要去利沃夫(Lvov),而你这时却真的要去克拉科夫。”(E,173)其他动物皆无法进行这种特殊的引诱，因为它们事实上并不拥有语言。

‌‌‌‌　　(leurre) As Alan Sheridan points out in the short glossary he provides to his translation of Ecrits,'the French word translates variously "lure" (for hawks, fish),"decoy" (for birds),"bait" (for fish), and the notion of "allurement"and "enticement"' (Sheridan, 1977:xi).

‌‌‌‌　　Lures are part of the imaginary order. Thus the seductive manceuvres of the child inthe preoedipal triangle (when the child tries to be the phallus for the mother) aredescribed as lures (S4,201). With respect to psychoanalytic treatment, theRESISTANCES encountered in analytic treatment are lures which the analyst must useall his cunning to avoid being ensnared by (see E, 168).

‌‌‌‌　　Human beings are not the only animals who are capable of setting lures, and this factis sometimes used to argue in favour of the existence of 'animal consciousness'. However, Lacan argues that it is important to distinguish between animal lures andhuman lures:

‌‌‌‌　　Animal lures Animals can deceive by their camouflage or by 'the feint by which anapparent straggler leads a predator away from the flock', but 'there is nothing even there that transcends the function of lure in the service of need' (E, 172). Animal lures areextremely important in mating ceremonies where an animal must entice another intocopulation, and this is also what lends human sexuality its strong imaginary element; sexual behaviour is quite especially prone to the lure' (S1,123).

‌‌‌‌　　Human lures Whereas animal lures are straightforward, the human being is uniquein being capable of a special kind of lure which involves a 'double deception'. This is akind of lure which involves deceiving by pretending to deceive (i.e.telling a truth thatone expects to be taken for a lie)(see E, 305). The classic example of the properly humanlure is the joke quoted by Freud (and often cited by Lacan) about the two Polish Jews: 'Why do you tell me you are going to Cracow so I'll believe you are going to Lvov, whenyou are really going to Cracow?' (E, 173). Other animals are incapable of this specialkind of lure owing to the fact that they do not possess language.