temptation
noun
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/tempˈteɪ.ʃən/ us
/tempˈteɪ.ʃən/B2 [ C or U ]
Meaning of temptation in English
(Definition of temptation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of temptation from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of temptation
temptation
When it comes to the crunch, a general sense of prevailing ignorance might not sustain us against other temptations.
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The main potential checks on these temptations are political institutions that force governments to ' internalise ' the social costs of their opportunistic behaviour.
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The central theme here is the tension between strictures of ritual propriety and temptations to ' commerce ' (comercio).
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Tax expenditures are reported annually in order to counteract temptations to expand less visible subsidies on the revenue side of the budget.
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Unsurprisingly, their temptations are futile amid the corruption of moder n civilisation.
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The meteorological instability of springtime corresponds to spiritual inconstancy and the excessive temptations the new converts have been exposed to.
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They saw a need for citizens who regard contracts - and especially, the social contract - as sacred, secure against all but the most extreme temptations to break promises once made.
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I claim only that statistically significant generalizations will mask some cases where authentically self-aware individuals' deliberate moral choices and interpersonal commitments permit them to overcome fitness-oriented temptations to be unfaithful.
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She discovers, moreover, that he has his own marriage plot in mind: an unloving union with her, designed specifically to counter the idolatrous temptations of a marriage based on affection.
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Most importantly, goodness could be known and lived, even if temptations and prejudices might lead individuals away from its side and blind them to its presence.
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Opposed to culture and the city, the desert was the site of demonic torment and trial, but also of purity in being removed from the temptations of the city.
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As she explained, it was the temptations of the world that led her to sins such as vanity or carnal delight as well as a lack of caring for others.
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They often succumb to the temptations to adopt an idealist stance that can blind them to the action constraints that political structures often impose powerfully upon agents.
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Political struggle is fraught with moral ambiguity not merely on account of the seductions of power, but also as a result of the temptations of subjection.
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At this stage old and decrepit people are in a better position than the young, because old people can better withstand the temptations that accompany conversion.
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मोह, भुरळ…
誘惑, 衝動, 誘惑（ゆうわく）…
karşıkonulamaz istek, şeytana uyma, tahrik…
tentation [feminine], tentation…
temptació…
verleiding…
நீங்கள் செய்யக்கூடாது அல்லது செய்யக்கூடாது என்று உங்களுக்குத் தெரிந்த ஒன்றைச் செய்ய வேண்டும் அல்லது வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும் என்ற ஆசை, நீங்கள் செய்ய விரும்பும் ஒன்று அல்லது நீங்கள் செய்யக்கூடாது என்று உங்களுக்குத் தெரிந்த ஒன்றை வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும்…
प्रलोभन, लोभ, (कुछ अनुचित करने का) प्रलोभन…
લાલચ, લોભાવવું, લોભ…
fristelse…
frestelse, lockelse…
godaan…
die Versuchung…
fristelse [masculine], fristelse, tillokkelse…
لالچ, جانتے بوجھتےلالچ میں آجانا…
спокуса…
соблазн, искушение…
ఆకర్షణ, ప్రలోభం…
إغْراء…
লোভ, আকর্ষণের বা প্রলোভনের বস্তু…
pokušení, lákadlo…
godaan…
การล่อ, สิ่งล่อใจ…
sự xúi giục, sự cám dỗ…
pokusa, kuszenie…
유혹…
tentazione…
