| 单词 | temptation |
| 释义 | temptation (tempteɪʃən ) 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 itMystifications I can resist everything except temptationLady Windermere's Fan No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object 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 reasonMurder 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. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 诱惑 Japanese: 誘惑 |
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