首页temptationtemptation的意思
temptation
英 [tem(p)'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[tɛmp'teʃən]
- n. 引诱；诱惑物
词态变化
复数: temptations;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
- 他压抑住想要抓住艾薇摇晃她的冲动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.
- 不要经不住诱惑，只抽一支烟也不行。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. the temptation of easy profits
- 轻而易举获利的诱惑
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Push against temptation and you will get muscle in your character.
- 如果你能抵制诱惑,你的性格就会坚强起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation.
- 我应向你祝贺,你抗住了这种引诱.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》