- 1（近得）令人扼腕地；吊人胃口地。最常見的搭配是 tantalizingly close，台灣說「只差那麼一點點」「差一步就…」，帶著可惜的口氣。單用一個中文詞很難對應，記搭配比記翻譯有用。
Tantalizingly is the adverb: it says that something happens, or that something is, in a way that leaves you wanting. Its most common home by far is in front of the words close, near, and out of reach — "tantalizingly close to winning", "the summit was tantalizingly near", "the answer stayed tantalizingly out of reach". Used that way it does a precise job: it tells you the person very nearly got there and did not, and that this hurts a little. It also works with vague and brief — "the report was tantalizingly vague" means it said just enough to make you hungry for more. Occasionally it describes a way of doing something: she smiled tantalizingly. Written more than spoken; common in sports reporting and journalism. British spelling: tantalisingly.
組成tantalizing + -ly, the ending that turns a describing word into one that describes how. Three layers deep from the Greek king Tantalus, who could never reach the fruit above his head.
同家族的字
- tantalizingthe adjective -ly was added to
- tantalizethe verb at the root of the whole set
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tantalizinglyadv
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In a tantalizing manner.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。