Tantalize

(v. t.) To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.

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• I will tantalize her, keep her with me, expecting, doubting; and when I _do_ restore them, it shall not be without a lecture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Sooner or later I will solve all these problems which are now so tantalizing; but, come what may, one good thing is in store for me. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• To increase that influence was coveted excitement; to cast it off might be to regain serenity; to leave it as it stood was tantalizing. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Tell me, Cary--tell me out of pity; I am too weak to be tantalized. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You shall be tantalized--it will do you no harm; you are not so weak as you pretend. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She listened eagerly to him, yet tantalized herself by giving to his words a meaning foreign to their true interpretation, and adverse to her hopes. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I am not easy, not tranquil; I am tantalized, sometimes tortured. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Then she was inconsistent; she tantalized as before. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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