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

• '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 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 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？
• 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。
• I knew the gifts I already had were not those of which friends had thrown out such tantalizing hints, and my teacher said the presents I was to have would be even nicer than these.
  我知道我的礼物不会是像朋友们暗示的那些东西，我的老师告诉我，我得到的礼物要比传言中的东西好得多。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• Created a snack that has been tantalizing taste buds for nearly four decades.
  因而创造出了刺激众多人味觉将近40年的小吃。
• 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。