tempter

• n. 诱惑者；魔鬼；撒旦

来自 tempt,引诱，诱惑。

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.

大城市具有自身种种诱人的花招, 并不亚于那些教人学坏的男男女女,当然人比社会微小得多,也更富于人情味.

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

她用一本书把这份诱人的财物盖起来, 结果让厨房里的另一个佣人拿走了.

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

他站在试探者的一面﹐游说我们投降.

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

没有这样超凡的试探者.

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

凭信心让我们宣告,我们现在已践踏那蛇.

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