tantalise sb
此义项指以持续批评或挑剔来折磨某人，与表示‘逗引、引诱’的常见义项不同。
She tantalises her employees constantly.
她不断挑剔，折磨她的员工。
不断批评或挑剔；烦扰
以持续批评或挑剔折磨；诱发无法实现的希望；使干着急；惹弄；逗惹
以持续批评或挑剔折磨
harass with persistent criticism or carping
一般现在时
He tantalises his audience with hints of a secret.
他用秘密的暗示逗弄观众。
一般过去时
The chef's tantalising aroma tantalised the diners.
厨师的诱人香气逗弄了用餐者。
现在进行时
The mystery is tantalising the detectives.
这个谜团正让侦探们干着急。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Her supervisor tantalised her by criticising every report she submitted.
她的主管通过批评她提交的每一份报告来折磨她。
用法提示：tantalised 是过去式谓语动词，表示持续批评使……痛苦。
The coach tantalises the players with endless complaints about their performance.
教练不停地抱怨队员的表现，让他们很烦。
用法提示：tantalises 是第三人称单数现在时，表示用不断指责使人厌烦。
My grandmother is always tantalising me by finding fault with my housework.
我奶奶总是挑我家务活的毛病，让我很困扰。
用法提示：tantalising 是现在分词，与 is always 构成进行时，表示反复挑剔以烦扰人。
此义项指以持续批评或挑剔来折磨某人，与表示‘逗引、引诱’的常见义项不同。
She tantalises her employees constantly.
她不断挑剔，折磨她的员工。
with 后接批评、抱怨等具体方式或内容。
He tantalised his team with persistent criticism.
他用持续的批评折磨他的团队。
被动结构强调承受持续批评的一方。
The workers were tantalised by the foreman's constant criticism.
工人们被工头不断的批评所折磨。
grammar · medium
易错句子My manager always tantalises; it makes me very stressed.
正确表达My manager always tantalises me; it makes me very stressed.
tantalise 是及物动词，后面必须接被挑剔、被折磨的人作宾语。汉语“挑剔”可以不带宾语单独使用（“他总爱挑剔”），受此影响学习者容易漏掉宾语 me；补上宾语后句子才合语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子She tantalising her staff every day.
正确表达She tantalises her staff every day.
-ing 形式不能单独充当谓语，一般现在时第三人称单数要用 -s 形式 tantalises。这里的 tantalising 只是分词/动名词，前面没有 be 动词就不能作主句谓语，所以要把谓语改成 tantalises。
grammar · medium
易错句子His constant tantalise really annoys the team.
正确表达His constant tantalising really annoys the team.
tantalise 是动词原形，不能受形容词 constant 修饰、也不能作主语中心词。英语里动词要名词化需用 -ing 动名词（tantalising），因此把 tantalise 改为 tantalising 才符合“形容词 + 名词性成分”的结构。
nag 指反复唠叨地要求或抱怨，多发生在家庭、日常关系里，宾语通常是人，语气偏生活化；tantalise 更书面，指用持续的批评和挑剔去折磨人，强调折磨感而非唠叨。
carp 多为不及物动词，常与 at 连用，指对小事故意挑毛病、发牢骚；tantalise 是及物动词，直接带被折磨的人，强调持续批评给人带来的痛苦。
harass 侧重反复打扰、纠缠使人心烦，可用于性骚扰、电话骚扰等场合，范围比 tantalise 广；tantalise 只限口头上的批评挑剔，不含性骚扰等含义。
tantalise + -er
tantalise + -ation
tantalise + -ing
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