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单词 temptation
释义
temptation
noun
uk
/tempˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/tempˈteɪ.ʃən/
B2[CorU]
thewishto do or have something that youknowyou should not do or have:
引诱；诱惑
[+ to infinitive]As ayoungactress, sheresistedthe temptationtomovetoHollywood.作为一名年轻的女演员，她抵制住了前往好莱坞的诱惑。
[C]
something that makes youwantto do or have something that youknowyou should not:
很有诱惑力的事物
Heknewit waswrongtosteal, but themoneyjustlyingthere was toogreata temptation.他知道偷盗是不对的，但钱就摆在那儿，对他的诱惑实在太大了。
More examples
  • I'mafraidIsuccumbedto temptation and had apieceofcheesecake.
  • Ifinallysurrenderedto temptation, andatethe lastremainingchocolate.
  • It's veryeasytoyieldto temptation andspendtoo muchmoney.
  • The temptation is to take morefoodthan you need.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • hunger
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Attracting and tempting
(Definition oftemptationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

temptation| American Dictionary

temptation
noun[C/U]
us
/tempˈteɪ·ʃən/
thedesireto have or do something,esp. somethingwrong, or something thatcausesthisdesire:
[U]It’s noteasytoresisttemptation.
[C]Icecreamis always arealtemptation for me.
(Definition oftemptationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftemptation

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Thus, vicarious reward creates an incentive to help the people whose experiences you choose as occasions for emotion, and to resist temptations to exploit them.
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Make up your mind that whatever the short-term temptations may be, you will never deviate from the highest standards of honour.
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Because the temptations and dangers would be minor, the process of soul-making would be gentler and slower.
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Without the protection offered by college walls and communal discipline, how would scholars withstand temptations and distractions and devote themselves to higher things?
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However, the twin temptations to determinism - architecture solely grounded on ecology or architecture solely grounded on technical production - have been identified and, we hope, avoided.
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The deconstructed heart is ever restless, yet the theological virtues stand only as perpetual temptations to rest in inauthenticity.
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One of the temptations of ab-initio programs is that they require much less information and are easier to run.
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I argue that democratic institutions promote developmental governance by countering temptations for politically opportunistic behaviour that is economically damaging.
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The bourgeois no longer lived either in a family economy of scarcity or in a rank of society remote from the temptations of high society.
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According to standard economic theory, the willingness to comply or pay more taxes is weak unless self-motivation or social solidarity overrides free-ride temptations.
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The moral decision still rested with each individual who either resisted or yielded to the temptations of his plight.
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The commitment of keeping the exchange rate fixed could prevent government temptations to follow excessively expansionary macroeconomic policies.
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In that case, they survive not merely as fragments of a negative identity, but also as temptations, possibilities, and rejected selves.
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They know the difficulties, the frustrations, and the temptations of the work.
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When it comes to the crunch, a general sense of prevailing ignorance might not sustain us against other temptations.
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