| 单词 | temptation |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [temp'teiʃən] |
| 解释 | n.诱惑，诱惑物 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 引诱,诱惑物 (something tempting; enticement) 【记】 tempt(诱惑)+ation 【例】 yield to temptation(经不住诱 惑) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】tempt 引诱；attempt 尝试，就是受到引诱 【相关】attempt 努力, 尝试, 企图，contempt 轻视, 轻蔑, 不尊敬 |
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