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temptation

/temp-tey-shuhn/US // tɛmpˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (tɛmpˈteɪʃən) //

诱惑,诱惑力,引诱,诱导

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
    • : something that tempts, entices, or allures.
    • : the fact or state of being tempted, especially to evil.
    • : an instance of this.
    • : the temptation of Christ by Satan. Matthew 4.

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Examples

  • So, if you can overcome the temptation to think of the wave-function as a real object, there is nothing funny going on here.

  • I think dating apps make it incredibly difficult to have real, stable, substantive relationships, because there’s so much temptation.

  • It’s difficult to know what the long run holds, because when you let people loose, there’s a lot of temptation to go too far.

  • You wait for the lights to change, resisting the temptation to look over your shoulder.

  • It can be hard to resist the temptation to send messages or check my email.

  • For one thing, they seldom had it, and for another thing they all believed that having it would set up a temptation to spend it.

  • That makes for unparalleled wines, but also for the dangerous temptation to label every variety as unique.

  • But that temptation should be avoided, in the interest of basic honesty.

  • Pelosi is one of many politicians who have given in to the temptation of being pictured alongside a cartoon character or Muppet.

  • Although my temptation is to balk like a sitcom father—“Whaddya mean these guys are famous for Tweeting?!”

  • The temptation to pour his financial troubles into the sympathetic ears of these two dear women he resisted.

  • The young wheat, however, is still a temptation, and is accordingly punished by the Sparrows.

  • But to a Knight of Industry, as he knew the Count to be, a certain thousand pounds would be a great temptation.

  • He has a will to resist temptation, but though he may clear a small temptation, he may fall at a large one.

  • It was within an hour of midnight, and the weather being dark and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter.