tantalizing
英 [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ]
美 [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ]
v. (以可望而不可即之物)逗引,招惹,使干着急
tantalize的现在分词
现在分词:tantalizing
BNC.35345 / COCA.17372
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使(某人)想要却得不到(某物);逗引;挑逗;撩拨
If someone or somethingtantalizesyou, they make you feel hopeful and excited about getting what you want, usually before disappointing you by not letting you have what they appeared to offer.- The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
那个男孩会到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。 - ...the dreams of democracy that have so tantalized them.
他们可望而不可即的民主梦想
- The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 tantalise
英英释义
adj
- very pleasantly inviting
- a tantalizing aroma
- a tempting repast
- arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
- a tantalizing taste of success
双语例句
- Come here for great dim sum and tantalizing cocktails.
来到这里,为伟大的点心和诱人的鸡尾酒。 - In the mean time, more and more major firms are likely to find the technology's flexibility and low costs too tantalizing to resist.
与此同时,越来越多的大公司可能会发现这种技术的灵活性和低廉的成本让人难以抵抗。 - So the real question is, who gets it? It sure would make a tantalizing acquisition for someone.
因此,真正的问题是下一个买家会是谁?某些人迫切地想收购克莱斯勒。 - The study also holds out the tantalizing possibility that an investor following the formula can perform even better than Berkshire.
另外,这项研究也展示了一种撩拨人心的可能性:遵守这套公式的投资者甚至可以取得比伯克希尔还要好的成绩。 - The younger woman could almost smell the tantalizing aroma of purple lilacs.
这位年轻妇女几乎嗅到了紫丁香诱人的芬芳。 - A few tantalizing sips was all I had ever had, and certainly never my own bottle.
我只是迫不及待地啜过几小口,从来没有自己喝过一瓶。 - I can't keep obsessing over tantalizing conspiracy theories.
我不能总是被这些焦虑的阴谋理论所困扰。 - A number of tantalizing questions could then be addressed: how do stars live and die in that wild setting?
然后就可以着手研究一些迫切的问题了:在那样一个狂野的环境里,星球是怎么生存和死亡的? - But the clues so far are tantalizing.
但线索迄今尚不明朗。 - Half numbed by this tantalizing remark he walked slowly away, looking back at her over his shoulder.
贾瑞听了,身上已木了半边,慢慢的一面走着,一面回过头来看。