ATTRACTsomething that is tempting seems very good and you would like to have it or do it 诱人的,吸引人的
a tempting job offer
一个诱人的工作机会
That pie looks tempting.
那馅饼看上去很诱人。
be tempting to do something
It’s tempting to believe her story.
真想相信她的故事。
Examples from the Corpus
tempting• Their soups are also very tempting.• It is tempting, but completely illegitimate, to slide from analysis of the production of officialsolutions to their implementation.• The chocolatecake was tempting but I couldn't have any because of my diet.• It is tempting for any regime to claim that its very survivalproves that it has consent and support.• I've recently received a very tempting job offer from IBM.• It was very tempting - only £50 for a ticket to the fight - but I decided to save the money.• Inside you'll find temptingrecipes from around the world, all beautifully illustrated.• Contained in the pages of the book are tempting recipes from around the world.• It is tempting to pick the reformers.• It was tempting to think that Helen had turned him against his father, but Johndoubted this was the case.• The sweettrolley in particular is very tempting, with a choice of five or six home-made sweets.
be tempting to do something• It is tempting tobelieve so.• The task they serveevolves as they are developed, and it is tempting to continue tinkering endlessly.• It is tempting todiscuss Freud's ideas much further since they have permeatedmodernpsychological thinking.• It is tempting to pick the reformers.• Of course, it would be tempting tosuggest that the independent rights of children are being forgotten in all of this.• It may be tempting to talk a great deal about what you have learned about diet, nutrition, exercise, and weight control.• It was tempting to think that Helen had turned him against his father, but John doubted this was the case.• It is tempting tounderestimate the scale and radicalnature of changes occurring around us, socially or geographically.