tempting
US /ˈtɛmptɪŋ/
・UK /ˈtemptɪŋ/
A2 初級
v.t.及物動詞誘惑人的
Your invitation is tempting; I want to go with you to the beach
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你懂藝術嗎?要價二億的畫作居然是全白的?!(Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren't)
06:30

- It's tempting to look at one of these paintings and think that some jerk just took a tube of white paint and spread it on a canvas—but it's not actually that easy.
雖然我們很容易會把這些畫作,當作某個調皮蛋拿個白色顏料隨便塗在一張畫布後交差了事的結果,但其實要創作這樣的作品並沒有那麼容易。
你也叫過另一半「小親親、小寶貝」嗎?!為什麼我們會對愛人使用噁心肉麻的暱稱? (Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones? | Otherwords)
09:26

- And why is it so tempting to call our partners My Sweetest Little Pumpkin Pie instead of using their actual name?
為什麼我們如此傾向於稱呼我們的伴侶為「我最甜蜜的小南瓜派」而不是使用他們的真實姓名?
貝爾定理。量子維恩圖悖論 (Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox)
17:35

- Henry: For anyone uncomfortable with the nondeterminism of quantum mechanics, it's tempting to imagine
亨利:任何對量子力學的不確定性 感到不適的人,總會傾向於想像
基因工程將永遠改變一切--CRISPR (Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR)
16:04

- today. The technology really is that powerful. One of this might be a tempting
這項技術就是如此強大。這其中一項會是很好的理由
害羞讓你怯步不前?克服羞怯的方法 (How to Overcome Shyness)
05:59

- Because shyness can grip us in such powerful ways, it's tempting to think of it as an immutable part of our emotional make-up.
因為羞怯對我們影響甚鉅,我們傾向把它視為一個在我們情感表現中,難以改變的部分。
害怕感到孤獨?看這個 (Fear of Feeling Alone? Watch THIS)
04:53

- While it's tempting to push such a painful and scary feeling aside, it's important that we acknowledge it and try to understand why we're feeling this way.
雖然很想把這種痛苦和可怕的感覺推到一邊,但重要的是我們要承認它,並試圖理解為什麼我們會有這種感覺。
一起認識日本美學:侘寂究竟是什麼?(HISTORY OF IDEAS - Wabi-sabi)
08:43

- It's so tempting to give up on them and just hate them, but there's another....
放棄他們、恨他們是個很誘人的選項,但還有另一個…
為什麼我們會說謊?說謊=道德缺陷嗎?(Why Do We Lie? | The Behavioral Science Guys)
04:58

- We put 15 high school kids into a tempting situation to see if they'd lie.
我們把 15 個高中生放在一個誘人的處境下,看他們是否會說謊。
- And to make it tempting, we asked them to track their own scores.
為了讓遊戲更誘人,我們要他們自己紀錄成績。

