temptation 音标拼音: [tɛmt'eʃən]
n .
U 引诱,诱惑;
C 诱惑物
U 引诱,诱惑;
C 诱惑物
temptation n 1 :
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce [
synonym :
{
temptation }, {
enticement }]
2 :
the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid ; "
he felt the temptation and his will power weakened "
3 :
the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire ; "
his enticements were shameless " [
synonym : {
enticement }, {
temptation }]
Temptation \
Temp *
ta "
tion \,
n . [
OF .
temptation ,
tentation ,
F .
tentation ,
L .
tentatio .]
1 .
The act of tempting ,
or enticing to evil ;
seduction .
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When the devil had ended all the temptation ,
he departed from him for a season . --
Luke iv .
13 .
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2 .
The state of being tempted ,
or enticed to evil .
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Lead us not into temptation . --
Luke xi .
4 .
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3 .
That which tempts ;
an inducement ;
an allurement ,
especially to something evil .
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Dare to be great ,
without a guilty crown ;
View it ,
and lay the bright temptation down .
--
Dryden .
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71 Moby Thesaurus words for "
temptation ":
agacerie ,
allure ,
allurement ,
ambition ,
appeal ,
attraction ,
attractiveness ,
bait ,
beguilement ,
beguiling ,
bewitchery ,
bewitchment ,
blandishment ,
cajolery ,
cajoling ,
captivating ,
captivation ,
catch ,
charisma ,
charm ,
charmingness ,
coaxing ,
come -
hither ,
come -
on ,
dearest wish ,
decoy ,
desideration ,
desideratum ,
desire ,
draw ,
enchantment ,
enthrallment ,
enticement ,
enticing ,
entrapment ,
fascination ,
flirtation ,
forbidden fruit ,
glamour ,
glimmering goal ,
golden vision ,
hope ,
inducement ,
interest ,
inveiglement ,
invitation ,
lodestone ,
lure ,
magnet ,
magnetism ,
persuading ,
persuasion ,
plum ,
prize ,
pull ,
seducement ,
seducing ,
seduction ,
seductiveness ,
sex appeal ,
snare ,
snaring ,
tantalization ,
tempting ,
trap ,
trophy ,
winning ways ,
winsomeness ,
wish ,
witchery ,
wooing Temptation (
1 .)
Trial ;
a being put to the test .
Thus God "
tempted [
Gen .
22 :
1 ;
R .
V ., '
did prove ']
Abraham ;"
and afflictions are said to tempt ,
i .
e .,
to try ,
men (
James 1 :
2 ,
12 ;
comp .
Deut .
8 :
2 ),
putting their faith and patience to the test . (
2 .)
Ordinarily ,
however ,
the word means solicitation to that which is evil ,
and hence Satan is called "
the tempter " (
Matt .
4 :
3 ).
Our Lord was in this way tempted in the wilderness .
That temptation was not internal ,
but by a real ,
active ,
subtle being .
It was not self -
sought .
It was submitted to as an act of obedience on his part . "
Christ was led ,
driven .
An unseen personal force bore him a certain violence is implied in the words " (
Matt .
4 :
1 -
11 ).
The scene of the temptation of our Lord is generally supposed to have been the mountain of Quarantania (
q .
v .), "
a high and precipitous wall of rock ,
1 ,
200 or 1 ,
500 feet above the plain west of Jordan ,
near Jericho ."
Temptation is common to all (
Dan .
12 :
10 ;
Zech .
13 :
9 ;
Ps .
66 :
10 ;
Luke 22 :
31 ,
40 ;
Heb .
11 :
17 ;
James 1 :
12 ;
1 Pet .
1 :
7 ;
4 :
12 ).
We read of the temptation of Joseph (
Gen .
39 ),
of David (
2 Sam .
24 ;
1 Chr .
21 ),
of Hezekiah (
2 Chr .
32 :
31 ),
of Daniel (
Dan .
6 ),
etc .
So long as we are in this world we are exposed to temptations ,
and need ever to be on our watch against them .
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