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单词 tempt providence
释义

tempt /tempt/

transitive verb
  1. To try or tend to persuade, esp to do wrong
  2. To entice or invite
  3. To dispose, incline
  4. To attract
  5. To make trial of, test the virtue of (archaic, Bible or literary)
ORIGIN: OFr tempter, from L tentāre, an intensive of tendere to stretch

temptabilˈity noun

tempˈtable adjective

tempˈtableness noun

temptāˈtion noun

  1. The act of tempting
  2. The state of being tempted
  3. That which tempts
  4. Enticement to do wrong
  5. Trial

temptāˈtious adjective (rare)

Seductive

tempˈter noun

(also fem tempˈtress) a person or being who tempts

tempˈting noun adjective

Attractive, enticing

tempˈtingly adverb

tempˈtingness noun

the Tempter

The Devil

tempt fate (or providence)

To risk causing something undesirable, esp by foolhardy actions

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