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

• "Viking" provided tantalizing support on both sides of the question.
  “海盗”号再次给两方面都提供了似是而非的佐证。
• 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？
• Being nurtured now give us some tantalizing hints of what's to come.
  给我们提供了一些十分诱人的线索。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's a tantalizing idea& especially for end users.
  这是一个激动人心的想法，尤其是对于终端用户。
• 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？
• 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。