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

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 tantalise


• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the dreams of democracy that have so tantalized them.
     他们可望而不可即的民主梦想

英英释义

adj

• very pleasantly inviting
  1. a tantalizing aroma
  2. a tempting repast
  Synonym:tantalisingtempting
• arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
  1. a tantalizing taste of success
  Synonym:tantalising

双语例句

• We were treated to tantalizing glimpses of jagged, knife-like peaks, deep-green pines clinging to granite cliffs, and a great valley stretching far below.
  我们欣赏到了诱人的瞬间美景&锯齿似的群峰、花岗岩鄙视的青松和下面的深谷。
• This was my first tantalizing glimpse of the islands.
  这是我第一眼看见的这些岛屿的动人美景。
• 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。
• Replicas of five tiny bronze figurines-dancers and musicians escorted by a jester-provide a tantalizing glimpse into Myanmar's ( Burma's) history.
  五个复制的小铜像与小丑一起的演奏者和舞蹈者勾起了我们对于缅甸历史的兴趣。
• The bread department features the tantalizing smell of fresh baked bread& cakes.
  面包部门特点的新鲜出炉的面包和蛋糕诱人的香味。
• 'he went on,' I cannot think why you are so tantalizing.
  啊，苔丝！他继续说，我不该以为你在逗着我玩吧。
• The implications of the open placebo that is, we know the sugar pill is just a sugar pill, but it still works as medicine are tantalizing.
  公开安慰剂（即我们知道自己服用的只是糖丸，但它还是会产生药物的效果）的潜在影响是十分诱人的。
• The recent sequencing of the Neanderthal genome has provided tantalizing genetic clues pointing to differences in cranial and skeletal development between Neanderthals and modern humans.
  最近穴居人基因组测序提供了近在咫尺的基因线索，指出穴居人和现代人在头盖骨和骨骼发育方面的差异。
• 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。
• Secrets are tantalizing plot drivers in many a movie and TV show ('Downton Abbey 'fans, you know this).
  在很多电影和电视剧中，秘密是引人入胜的情节推动器（《唐顿庄园》（DowntonAbbey）的粉丝们，你们懂的）。