• n. 誘惑者；魔鬼；撒旦

來自 tempt,引誘，誘惑。

tempter (n.)

mid-14c., "one who solicits to sin; that which entices to evil" (originally especially the devil), from Middle French tempteur (14c.), Old French *tempteor, from Latin temptatorem, agent noun from temptare "to feel, try out" (see tempt).

1. The city has its cunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter.

大城市具有自身種種誘人的花招, 并不亞于那些教人學壞的男男女女,當然人比社會微小得多,也更富于人情味.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹

2. She covered the tempter with a book, and another member of the kitchen cabinet got it.

她用一本書把這份誘人的財物蓋起來, 結(jié)果讓廚房里的另一個傭人拿走了.

來自辭典例句

3. It takes side with the tempter, and persuades one to give in.

他站在試探者的一面﹐游說我們投降.

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4. There is no such being as a supernatural tempter.

沒有這樣超凡的試探者.

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5. Let us by faith in Jesus tread the tempter down.

憑信心讓我們宣告,我們現(xiàn)在已踐踏那蛇.

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