tantalize

tantalize
(亦作 -ise)
verb
  1. [with obj.]torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable
    逗弄；使可望不可即
    such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers.
    这些遥不可及的问题长期以来一直都在困扰着世界上最伟大的思想家们。
    ■excite the senses or desires of (someone)
    挑逗
    she still tantalized him.
    她仍然在挑逗他。
    [as adj. tantalizing]the tantalizing fragrance of fried bacon.
    诱人的炸熏肉的香味。
派生
tantalization
noun
tantalizer
noun
tantalizingly
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from tantalus + -ize
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