tempting

[US]/ˈtemptɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈtemptɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 吸引人的,誘人的
adv. 吸引人地,誘人地
Word Forms
現在分詞tempting

Example Sentences

a tempting financial offer.

誘人的資金提供。

restaurants tempting us with delicious cakes

供應美味誘人蛋糕的餐館

You can catch these insects by tempting them to fly into a trap.

你可以引誘這些昆蟲飛進羅網從而捉住它們。

I made him what I thought were several tempting offers,but he wouldn’t bite.

我向他提出一些自以爲動聽的建議,但他不肯上鉤。

We received a tempting offer for the housebut decided to keep it.

我們得到一個很有誘惑力的開價,但還是決定不賣這座房子。

Real-world Examples

No matter how much self-control you have, tempting environments will always be tempting.

不管你自制力多強,吸引人的環境始終充滿誘惑。

Source: Science in Life

" Shall I explain how you are tempting me? " he said.

“我應該向你解釋你現在是如何誘或着我嗎?”他說着。

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

It's tempting to dismiss such moans.

人們傾向於無視這些抱怨。

Source: Cultural Discussions

He was on the point of kissing that tempting mouth, but stopped himself.

他差點就要親吻那張充滿誘惑的小嘴了,但他抑制住了自己。

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

13 魔鬼用完了各樣的試探、就暫時離開耶穌。

Source: Bible (original version)

It was tempting Providence to mention death.

不,誰也不應該談死!談死是冒犯天意的事。

Source: Gone with the Wind

It was tempting to hurry your job just finish.

很想讓自己的工作趕快結束。

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

It was tempting to have your job just finish.

很想讓自己的工作趕快結束。

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

It's too tempting! Let me at it.

實在太讓人躍躍欲試了,讓我來吧。

Source: CNN Global Highlights English Selection

It is tempting to dismiss this as boilerplate language.

這樣的說法很難不被當成是打官腔。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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