tantalized

英 [ˈtæntəlaɪzd]

美 [ˈtæntəlaɪzd]

v.  (以可望而不可即之物)逗引，招惹，使干着急
tantalize的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• Synthetic bacteria have tantalized scientists for years with the promise of bacterial cultures with computer designed genomes producing custom enzymes, fuels and medications cheaply and efficiently.
  合成细菌及培养由计算机设计基因的具有特定功能的酶、燃料和药物细菌的应用前景，已经吸引科学家们多年。
• This mysterious drink tantalized the European and North American with its purported ability to cure ailments ranging from headaches and hangovers.
  网友的看法意见建议：这个神秘的饮料，其本是于欧洲和北美，医治的疾病包括头痛及宿醉。
• The idea for such drugs arose from genetic studies about a decade ago and has tantalized cardiologists ever since.
  研制这类药物的想法来自于约10年前的基因研究成果，此后一直令心脏病学专家可望而不可即。
• Tantalized by all these buying options, we stockpile our shopping baskets, homes and lives with ever more consumer goods that we probably don't need or even appreciate.
  受这些购物选择的诱惑，人们用根本用不上甚至是根本不喜欢的各种消费品将超市购物篮、家里和生活塞得满满的。
• He was tantalized by her beauty, but lacked the courage to speak to her.
  他被她的美貌弄得心荡神驰，可缺乏勇气向她表白。
• By investigating driverless cars, Google is exploring an area that has tantalized Automotive Engineers for decades.
  而通过研发无人驾驶汽车，谷歌正在开拓一个已经让许多汽车工程师心驰神往几十年的领域。
• The speaker tantalized us with tales of exotic lands and Buried treasure Pirate Cave: You stash your secret hoard here.
  讲演者讲述有关异国和地下宝藏的故事逗引我们。财宝收藏地：秘密财宝收藏在此。
• A window separated the lightness and darkness. Look the darkness through the brightness, you will find the intangible and infinite things,. I always have the feeling that in deep ofthe darkness lies infinite beauty, which is tantalized for our reach.
  一扇窗，隔开了光与暗，从光处望暗处，是空灵与无穷无尽的事物，总感觉黑暗处藏有无限的事物与美好，可望而不可即。