tempted
past simple and past participle oftempt
| 单词 | tempted |
| 释义 | tempted past simple and past participle oftempt tempt verb[T] uk/tempt/us/tempt/to make someonewantto have or do something,especiallysomething that isunnecessaryorwrong: Theofferoffreecredittempted herintobuyinga newcar. [+ to infinitive]They tempted himtojointhecompanybyofferinghim ahugesalaryand acompanycar. to draw your attention and interest you
be tempted B2 towantsomething or towantto do something: "Did youapplyfor thatjob?" "Well, I was very tempted, but Idecidednot to." I wassorely(= very)temptedtoresignafter mybossscreamedat me for the secondtime.
Attracting and tempting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Wanting things Idiomtempt fate/providence Examplesoftemptedtempted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some people, though not sophisticated philosophers nowadays, would betemptedby rule talk to make metaphysical mistakes. From theCambridge English Corpus Although one may betemptedto follow the colonial accounts and see these as generalized, unvaried forms of action, more historical specificity may be hypothesized. From theCambridge English Corpus On these grounds alone, therefore, one should betemptedto conclude in favour of autonomous models. From theCambridge English Corpus One istemptedto say that this is a consumerist vision of the church. From theCambridge English Corpus With few exceptions, the only incumbents who weretemptedto defect from the party in power were those who supported political reform. From theCambridge English Corpus At no point will he betemptedto form the belief that a person is present. From theCambridge English Corpus I amtemptedto say, however, that it still remains to be seen. From theCambridge English Corpus Drawing on some of our interview material one istemptedto link such complaints to our respondents' experience of social and cultural discontinuity. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, the chapter is written in a style that is too abstract (from ' first principles ', one istemptedto say). From theCambridge English Corpus Only ' 'unbelievers' ' (kafiruna) may be -temptedto assign a period of time to it. From theCambridge English Corpus But contemporary visual scientists are nottemptedto say that size, shape, and motion are mere constructs of the brain. From theCambridge English Corpus But animals and young children,temptedby immediate gains, have difficulty learning behaviors of self-control. From theCambridge English Corpus The analogy is undeniably striking, and one istemptedto conjecture similar results for higher-dimensional diagrams. From theCambridge English Corpus It is easy to see why some might betemptedto draw this conclusion. From theCambridge English Corpus One istemptedto answer: "a theory of mind"; but obviously this is not their answer. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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