我下定決心要戒掉零食,但違背了自己的意願,我還是不斷屈服於誘惑,吃冰淇淋。

I'd made up my mind to stop snacking, but against my better judgment, I keep giving in to temptation and eating ice cream.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 下定決心 xiàdìngjuéxīn to make a firm resolution
=3 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=3 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=3 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
4 jiè
  1. to guard against
  2. to exhort
  3. to admonish or warn
  4. to give up or stop doing sth
  5. Buddhist monastic discipline
  6. ring (for a finger)
=5 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
=5 nuò
  1. (obsolete) to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
  2. to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
6 零食 língshí snack; nibbles
7 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
8 違背 wéibèi
  1. to go against
  2. to be contrary to
  3. to violate
=9 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=9 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 liào unofficial variant of liào
10 自己
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 意願 yuàn
  1. aspiration
  2. wish (for)
  3. desire
13
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=14 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=14 還是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
15 不斷 duàn
  1. unceasing
  2. uninterrupted
  3. continuous
  4. constant
16 屈服
  1. to surrender
  2. to succumb
  3. to yield
  4. (as a transitive verb) to defeat
  5. to prevail over
=17
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=17
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr.
=17
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
18 誘惑 yòuhuò
  1. to entice
  2. to lure
  3. to induce
  4. to attract
=19 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=19 chī variant of chī
20 冰淇淋 bīnglín ice cream