vt.挑逗
=tantalize(美).
Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him. 把那塊骨頭給那條狗吧--別讓它乾著急了。
He was tantalized by visions of power and wealth. 他追求不到可望而不可即的權(quán)力和財(cái)富,受盡了折磨。