tantalize
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?t?nt?la?z't?nt?laiz]
- 美式音標 [?t?nt??la?z]
- 國際音標 ['t?nt?laiz]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v.（以可望而不可即之物）逗引或招惹（人或動物）；使著急
詞根記憶
- 來自希臘神話人物Tantalus(坦塔洛斯)，他因泄露天機而被罰立在近下巴深的水中，口渴欲飲時水即流失；頭上有果樹，腹饑欲食時果子即消失
- tan(曬黑) + tal(看作tall，高) + ize→海灘上曬成棕黑色的高挑美女很撩人
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- tantalizing：撩人的；逗引性的；干著急的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- tantalizingly：逗人地；…得令人著急。
- n性質的同根詞
- tantalization：逗弄；使干著急；難熬。
- v性質的同根詞
- tantalizing：惹弄；逗弄人（tantalize的ing形式）。
- vt性質的同根詞
- tantalise：使…干著急；逗弄（等于tantalize）。
英漢例句
- The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
那個男孩會到房間里拿狗食逗弄狗。 - Give the dog the bone do not tantalize him.
把那塊骨頭給那條狗吧--別讓它干著急了. - Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him.
把那塊骨頭給那條狗吧--別讓它乾著急了. - The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.
那個男孩會到房間里拿狗食逗弄狗。 - They make use the opportunity and tantalize the appetite by pointing the difficulty of satisfaction.
政治家利用別人的匱乏狀態(tài),用制造困境來刺激這些人的欲望.
英英字典
- to make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen
- BRIT also tantalise
- tantalizing
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專業(yè)釋義
- 逗弄