0 to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong -- 引誘,誘惑
The offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car. 可享受免費貸款讓她禁不住誘惑買了一輛新車。
[ + to infinitive ] They tempted him to join the company by offering him a huge salary and a company car. 他們承諾給他優厚的薪水和一輛公司汽車,以吸引他加入該公司。
"Did you apply for that job?" "Well, I was very tempted, but I decided not to." 「你申請那份工作了嗎?」「唔,我是很想申請,但最後還是決定放棄了。」
I was sorely (= very) tempted to resign after my boss screamed at me for the second time. 老闆第二次對我大喊大叫了以後,我很想辭職。
I was really tempted to take the money.
Chocolate cake? - Don't tempt me!
Thus is one tempted to take the journey again.
Of course, it would be tempting to suggest that the independent rights of children are being forgotten in all of this.
He was never tempted to see" bishops" as a key for locking the door on dissenters.