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

• 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。
• She met his eagerness with that smiling, tantalizing passivity.
  她以笑盈盈的、半推半就的姿态对付他那热切的情意。
• But the clues so far are tantalizing.
  但线索迄今尚不明朗。
• These online environments offer tantalizing glimpses of how millions of avatars interact on a daily basis outside of a laboratory setting and what users derive from that experience.
  这些网络环境下如何提供诱人的数以百万计的替身扶轮少年服务团在每日的生活中，在实验室背景和用户源自这个经验。
• The first addressed the tantalizing question: What qualities of a movie best predict Oscars nominations?
  第一篇解答了一直困扰人们的问题：一部影片具备什么样的条件才能获得奥斯卡提名？
• 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。
• It's cruel, really, to put tantalizing ideas on the table and then ask the audience to be satisfied with a shoot-out and a martial arts duel.
  这是残酷的，真实的，将诱人的主题摆到桌面上，然后要观众给枪法和打斗场面打分。
• 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 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。
• 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。