1 [U] a feeling that you want to do sth, even if you know that it is wrong 诱惑;引诱:
I managed to resist the temptation to tell him what I really thought.我顶住了诱惑,没把我的真实想法告诉他。She wanted a cigarette badly, but didn't give in to temptation.她很想抽一支烟,但并没有屈服于诱惑。
2 [C] a thing that attracts you to do sth wrong or silly 有诱惑力的东西:
All that money is certainly a big temptation.那么多金钱的确是一大诱惑。