temptation
US: /tɛmˈteɪʃən/
UK: /tɛmptˈeɪʃən/
UK: /tɛmptˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
temptation /temp'teiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự xúi giục
- sự cám dỗ, sự quyến rũ
- to resist temptation: chống lại sự cám dỗ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] the desire to do or have sth that you know is bad or wrong: the temptation of easy profits + to give way to / yield to temptation + I couldn't resist the temptation to open the letter. + Don't put temptation in her way by offering her a cigarette.
2 [C] a thing that makes sb want to do or have sth that they know is bad or wrong: An expensive bicycle is a temptation to thieves.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 tempting, enticing, leading on, seducing, captivating, persuading, coaxing, cajoling:
The temptation by advertisers never stops, does it?
2 enticement, seduction, captivation, persuasion, allurement, invitation, attraction, draw, lure, inducement, snare, Colloq pull, come-on:
I could never resist a temptation like that.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
big, great, overwhelming, strong | constant
VERB + TEMPTATION
feel, have
I had the constant temptation to look out of the window.
| avoid, overcome, resist | give in/way to, succumb to, yield to
PHRASES
in/out of temptation's way, place/put temptation in sb's way
Keep your valuables locked away so as not to put temptation in the way of thieves.
Concise English dictionary
temptationstemp'teɪʃn
noun
+something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
+the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
+the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
