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单词 untempting
释义

untemptingadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtempting.
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > able to be disliked
unamiable?a1500
unlovable1570
invenust1623
incongenial1797
uncongenial1799
uncongenial1805
untempting1859
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > untempting or unalluring
uninviting1686
unalluring1805
untempting1859
unbewitching1876
1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 353 A schoolboy repugnance to go back to my smoky lodgings, and Mrs. Ferrall's untempting fare.
a1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton in Ld. Lytton Life & Lett. Lytton (1883) I. 294 The poor animal..bent his head languidly over the untempting food.

Derivatives

unˈtemptingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adverb] > in an untempting manner
untemptinglya1856
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ]
a1856 H. Miller Rambles Geologist (1858) 357 The day was still unfavorable, and the [geological] sections seemed untemptingly indifferent.
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