temptation 的定义
- 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.
temptation 近义词
lure, attraction
更多temptation例句
- 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.