English Dictionary

temptation

IPA（発音記号）

/tɛmpˈteɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act of tempting. / The condition of being tempted. / Something attractive, temptingor seductive; an inducement or enticement.

日本語の意味

誘惑する行為 / 誘惑される状態 / 魅力的で誘惑的なもの、またはその要素

The temptation of customers through misleading advertising is unethical.

誤解を招く広告で顧客を誘惑する行為は非倫理的です。

意味（1）

The act of tempting.

意味（2）

The condition of being tempted.

意味（3）

Something attractive, temptingor seductive; an inducement or enticement.

At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]

意味（4）

Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

temptations （ plural ）