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
- 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.- 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。 - ...the dreams of democracy that have so tantalized them.
他们可望而不可即的民主梦想
- The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 tantalise
英英释义
adj
- very pleasantly inviting
- a tantalizing aroma
- a tempting repast
- arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
- a tantalizing taste of success
双语例句
- 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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)。 - "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。 - Still, the idea of an industry-changing ITV remains a tantalizing one.
不过,这依然阻挡不了我们对颠覆性的iTV充满期待与渴望。 - 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。