tantalise sb with sth
用某物逗引某人,使其渴望但无法立即得到。
The chef tantalised the diners with the aroma of freshly baked bread.
厨师用新鲜出炉的面包的香味引诱着食客。
不断批评或挑剔;烦扰
tantalises — third person singular of tantalise
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不断批评或挑剔;烦扰
harass with persistent criticism or carping
The chef tantalised the diners with the aroma of freshly baked bread.
厨师用新鲜出炉的面包的香味引诱着食客。
以持续批评或挑剔折磨
harass with persistent criticism or carping
tantalise
Base
原形
tantalises
3rd person
第三人称单数
tantalising
-ing
现在分词
tantalised
Past
过去式
tantalised
Past participle
过去分词
He tantalises his audience with hints of a secret.
他用秘密的暗示逗弄观众。
The chef's tantalising aroma tantalised the diners.
厨师的诱人香气逗弄了用餐者。
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。
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。
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。
用某物逗引某人,使其渴望但无法立即得到。
The chef tantalised the diners with the aroma of freshly baked bread.
厨师用新鲜出炉的面包的香味引诱着食客。
通过做某事使人产生无法实现的希望。
She tantalised him by showing a photo of the vacation destination.
她通过展示度假目的地的照片来逗弄他。
被动语态,表示被某事引诱或吊胃口。
He was tantalised by the prospect of winning the lottery.
他被中彩票的前景所诱惑,却无法实现。
直接加宾语,表示使人可望而不可即。
The unreachable fruit on the tree tantalised the hungry child.
树上够不到的水果让饥饿的孩子干着急。
Not this
The smell tantalised me to eat the cake.
Use this
The smell tantalised me with the cake.
错误:将tantalise误用为带不定式宾补的动词。正确搭配是tantalise sb with sth或tantalise sb by doing sth,表示用某物或做某事来逗弄某人。
Not this
She tantalised him by a promise of promotion.
Use this
She tantalised him with a promise of promotion.
错误:介词使用不当。tantalise通常与with连用表示所用的诱因,而by一般搭配动名词短语表示方式。
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