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单词 temptation
释义
temptation
(temptʃən )
Word forms: temptations
variable noun B2
If you feel you want to do something or have something, even though you know you really should avoid it, you can refer to this feeling as temptation. You can also refer to the thing you want to do or have as a temptation.
Will they be able to resist the temptation to buy?
...the many temptations to which you will be exposed.
Synonyms: urge, desire, impulse, inclination  
Quotations:
The best way to get the better of temptation is to yield to itClementina Stirling GrahamMystifications
I can resist everything except temptationOscar WildeLady Windermere's Fan
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its objectColette
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat Bible: Genesis
Get thee behind me, Satan Bible: St. Matthew
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Bible: St. Matthew
The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reasonT.S. EliotMurder in the Cathedral
Collocations:
face temptation
She also speaks openly about staying sane and facing temptations to drink.
The Sun
Councils, as well as government, faced temptations to find savings from grants, he said.
Times, Sunday Times
I want to talk about how to triumph over your temptations, because every one of us faces temptations.
Christianity Today
When facing temptation, do you want to do what's right?
Christianity Today
Each portion of the soul embarks on a different path on which they each face temptations.
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Translations:
Chinese: 诱惑
Japanese: 誘惑
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