temptation
英 [tem(p)'te??(?)n]
美[t?mp'te??n]
- n. 引誘；誘惑物
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?temptations;
英文詞源
- temptation (n.)
- c. 1200, "act of enticing someone to sin," also "an experience or state of being tempted," from Old French temptacion (12c., Modern French tentation), from Latin temptationem (nominative temptatio), noun of action from past participle stem of temptare "to feel, try out" (see tempt). Meaning "that which tempts a person (to sin)" is from c. 1500.
雙語例句
- 1. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
- 他壓抑住想要抓住艾薇搖晃她的沖動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.
- 不要經(jīng)不住誘惑，只抽一支煙也不行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the temptation of easy profits
- 輕而易舉獲利的誘惑
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. Push against temptation and you will get muscle in your character.
- 如果你能抵制誘惑,你的性格就會堅強(qiáng)起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation.
- 我應(yīng)向你祝賀,你抗住了這種引誘.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
