0 to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong -- 引诱，诱惑
I was sorely (= very) tempted to resign after my boss screamed at me for the second time. 老板第二次对我大喊大叫了以后，我很想辞职。
"Did you apply for that job?" "Well, I was very tempted, but I decided not to." “你申请那个工作了吗？”“唔，我是很想申请，但最后还是决定放弃了。”
[ + to infinitive ] They tempted him to join the company by offering him a huge salary and a company car. 他们许诺给他优厚的薪水和一辆公司汽车，以吸引他加入该公司。
The offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car. 可享受免费贷款让她禁不住诱惑买了一辆新车。
Although one may be tempted to follow the colonial accounts and see these as generalized, unvaried forms of action, more historical specificity may be hypothesized.
Accepting such a view without further inquiry was tempting.
In this situation, protesters were tempted to look at other examples.
In the light of our results, it is tempting to conclude that mandible size is the trait of key importance in interspecific larval combat.
One is tempted to ask: but is this necessarily so?
A weakening of environmental policy may become tempting if more favourable instruments (such as tariffs or subsidies) are constrained by the treaty.
As a consequence, either the architecture is tempted by the ambition of becoming a work of art, or falls directly into anarchy.
At most, we may be tempted to infer the existence of'gateway communities' on the boundaries of our region.
