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Describing something that looks so good you really want it, even if you know you probably should not have it. That second half is what makes the word interesting: a tempting cake, a tempting offer, a tempting shortcut. There is usually a rule, a plan, or a bit of good sense that you would be breaking.
Describing形容的是 something某個東西 that looks so good看起來好到讓人 you really want it很想要它, even if即使 you你 know知道 you probably should not have it大概不該擁有它。That second half後面這一半的意思 is才是 what makes the word interesting讓這個字有意思的地方: a tempting cake一個誘人的蛋糕, a tempting offer一個誘人的提議, a tempting shortcut一個誘人的捷徑。There是通常有 is usually a rule一個規則, a plan一個計畫, or或 a bit of good sense一點常理 that你會違背的 you would be breaking。
Food is the commonest use — "that smells tempting" — but so are offers and ideas: "a tempting job offer", "a tempting price". A very common pattern is "It is tempting to...": "It's tempting to give up now." That one is gentle and often about a thought rather than a thing, and it usually leads to a "but": "It's tempting to blame the weather, but...".
Food食物 is是 the commonest use最常見的用法——“that smells tempting”「聞起來好誘人」——but但 so are也一樣的 offers and ideas提議和點子: “a tempting job offer”「一個誘人的工作機會」, “a tempting price”「一個誘人的價格」。A very common pattern一個很常見的句型 is是 “It is tempting to...”: “It's tempting to give up now.”「現在真想放棄」 That one這句 is是 gentle and often語氣溫和,常常談的是 about a thought rather than a thing一個念頭而不是一件實際的事, and而且 it它 usually leads to通常後面會接 a “but”: “It's tempting to blame the weather, but...”「真想怪天氣,不過……」。
You can or strengthen it — "quite tempting", "very tempting", "how tempting!". As a one-word answer, "Tempting..." said slowly means "I want to say yes, and I might not". The opposite, useful to know, is "off-putting".
You你 can可以 soften or strengthen it加強或減弱語氣——“quite tempting”「相當誘人」, “very tempting”「非常誘人」, “how tempting!”「太誘人了!」。As a one-word answer當成一個字的回答, “Tempting...” "Tempting..." said slowly慢慢說出來 means意思是 “I want to say yes, and I might not”「我很想說好,但我可能不會」。The opposite相反的字, useful to know值得知道, is是 “off-putting”「off-putting」。
組成From the verb "tempt" plus -ing, the ending that makes a describing word out of a verb, as in "interesting" or "surprising". "Tempt" itself comes from Latin temptare, meaning to test or to try someone.
同家族的字
- temptthe verb it is built from
- temptationthe noun from the same verb — the thing that tempts you, or the feeling
- attemptfrom the same Latin temptare, to try
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
temptingadj/ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/
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Attractive, appealing, enticing.
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
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Seductive, alluring, inviting.
temptingnoun/ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/
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The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.
- If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。