| 单词 | tantalize |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tæntəlaiz] |
| 解释 | v.挑惹，挑逗 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.挑惹，挑逗 (to tease or torment by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out or reach) 【考】 反义词: alleviate(减轻); assuage(缓和); ease(减轻); relieve(解除) 【记】 来自希腊神话人物Tan talus, 因泄露天机被罚立在 近下巴深的水中，头 上有果树，口渴欲饮 时水即流失，腹饥欲 食果子即消失 【例】 He was tantalized by her beauty.(他被她的美 貌弄得心荡神驰) |
| 字源 | tantalize (v.) 1590s, with -ize + Latin Tantalus, from Greek Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, father of Pelops and Niobe, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried to eat or drink. His story was known to Chaucer (c.1369). Related: Tantalized; tantalizing; tantalizingly; tantalization. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 挑逗(将令人渴望的事物摆在一个人面前, 却又把它放在够不着的地方以达到刺激目的) 【记】源于: Tantalus丹达罗斯, 因其犯罪而被打入阴间罚站在水中, 当他想饮水时水流走, 头上挂有水果, 当他想拿水果时, 水果却退开. Tan谈, tali = tall, ze: 谈论一个人的身高－挑逗 【类】tease: tantalize = ? 嘲弄: 挑惹 = ? 【反】alleviate(v 使减轻); assuage(v 缓和); ease(v 使悠闲; 减轻); relieve(v 减轻; 解除); comfort(v 安慰; 缓和); console(v 安慰); solace(v 安慰); satiate(v 满足) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自Tantalus，希腊神话坦塔罗斯，宙斯之子, 因泄露天机被罚永世站在上有果树的水中, 口渴想喝水时水即减退, 腹饥想吃果子时树枝即升高；音：探他来之，给他点甜头，试探将他吸引过来，又不给他实质的；tan 炭黑 + tall 高，黑人高个子，美NBA球员，你跟他打篮球就跟他逗你玩一样 |
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