temptation學測 L5KK [tɛˈmteʃən] | /tɛˈmteɪʃən/
誘惑;衝動
學測生都懂忍住不作弊的掙扎
Even good students may feel the temptation to cheat during a hard test.
就連好學生,考試很難時也可能會有想作弊的誘惑。
一個畫面:腦中冒出壞念頭
壞念頭浮現腦中突然想做不該做的事
內心拉扯明知不該,卻還是很想要
忍住或屈服咬牙拒絕,或乾脆順從衝動
義項
作弊衝動C1noun誘惑;衝動
John felt a strong temptation to cheat during the test, but he decided not to do it.
段考時,John 心裡有股想作弊的誘惑,但他決定不這麼做。
feel a temptationresist the temptation
片語
resist temptation忍住抵抗 →靠意志力拒絕誘惑
give in to temptation舉手投降 →敵不過誘惑而妥協
a moment of temptation一時心動 →心動誘惑的那一刻
fall into temptation一腳踩進 →沒忍住而做錯選擇
你會不會這樣說?
John felt a strong ___ to cheat during the test. (temptation / attempt)
看答案
temptation
temptation 是誘惑,attempt 是嘗試,兩字字母相似但意思不同。
Cheating during a test is very ___. (tempting / temptation)
看答案
tempting
tempting 是形容詞,temptation 是名詞,此處須用形容詞修飾。
字族
tempt 誘惑(動詞)・tempting 誘人的;吸引人的