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

• 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。
• Alas, life is simply too full of tantalizing time-sucks.
  哎！生活的可悲仅在于太多的时间被浪费了。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。