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tempted

/tempt/US // tɛmpt //UK // (tɛmpt) //

诱人的,被诱惑的,诱人,充满诱惑的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
    • : to attract, appeal strongly to, or invite: The offer tempts me.
    • : to render strongly disposed to do something: The book tempted me to read more on the subject.
    • : to put to the test in a venturesome way; provoke: to tempt one's fate.
    • : Obsolete. to try or test.

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Examples

  • Depending on how long it’s been on your face, you may crave a “mask break” and be tempted to take it off.

  • Ideally, your mask should fit comfortably enough that you aren’t tempted to fidget with it and snugly enough that it stays in place for long periods of time.

  • The Chiefs might be tempted to use some two-tight-end formations to give Mahomes more time to throw.

  • Considering that outgoing Lions general manager Bob Quinn had dealt away the team’s sixth- and seventh-round picks, more help this year had to have been tempting.

  • The Ward message was a warning for any of the Republicans in the Senate who may be tempted to follow suit in the upcoming trial.

  • He says certain books, and even scary Halloween horror movies, tempt people to the devil.

  • Small things about every day that tempt people, we wanted to find out what they were.

  • You can never know who can become a spy for the enemy if you have enough means to pressure him, to blackmail him, to tempt him.

  • Edison-bulb chandeliers and other treasures tempt you from the display windows of The Paris Market.

  • Yes, high limits tempt politicians to squeeze donors mercilessly for money.

  • I cannot believe that a good God would create or tolerate a Devil, nor that he would allow the Devil to tempt man.

  • They used to tell us that this good God allowed a Devil to come on earth and tempt man to his ruin.

  • Arobin pulled off his coat, and expressed himself ready and willing to tempt fate in her place.

  • We never keep ony thing o' value in the house, to tempt them sort o' chaps, wi' a bank so near.

  • Nevertheless some companies have a fine record, enough to tempt them to continue notwithstanding their trying reverses.