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。