tantalize
vt.逗弄,使干着急
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tantalize为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:tantalizingly 动词过去式:tantalized 过去分词:tantalized 现在分词:tantalizing 第三人称单数:tantalizes 名词:tantalization
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tantalize
/'tæntəlaɪz; `tæntl,aɪz/ v [Tn] tease or torment (a person or an animal) by the sight of sth that is desired but cannot be reached (以可望而不可即之物)逗引或招惹(人或动物)
*Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him. 把那块骨头给那条狗吧--别让它乾着急了.
* He was tantalized by visions of power and wealth. 他追求不到可望而不可即的权力和财富, 受尽了折磨.
tantalize
v [I,T ]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Tantalus king in an ancient Greek story who had to stand up to his chin in water under a fruit tree, but was unable to reach either the water to drink or the fruit to eat]
to show or promise something that someone really wants, but then not allow them to have it