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单词 tantalizingly
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tantalizingly
adverb
(UKusuallytantalisingly)
uk
/ˈtæn.tə.laɪ.zɪŋ.li/us
/ˈtæn.t̬ə.laɪ.zɪŋ.li/
in a way that makes youfeelexcitedandhopethat you might get or do something,especiallywhen this does not infacthappen:
逗引性地；挑逗性地
They came tantalizinglyclosetowinning.他们就差一点就能赢了。
Cookingsmellswaftedtantalizingly in theair.空气中飘荡着诱人的烹饪气味。
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  • Thedisappointmentwouldn'tweighsoheavilyif thepromiseofvictoryhadn'tswirledso tantalizinglyclose.
  • Opening myeyes, Ifoundhisfacejust above my own, hislipsso tantalizingly near I could havekissedhim with thebarestofefforts.
  • But theplaytantalizinglyoffersmore than it gives.
  • Theresultingdishesare tantalizinglyfamiliaryetenticinglyexotic.
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(Definition oftantalizinglyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Until further historical evidence emerges, such experiences remaintantalizinglyout of reach.
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Some of the themestantalizinglyinvoked here are more fully explicated elsewhere, while the sometimes formidable formulations of his more ambitious books are crisply recapitulated.
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And the art of governance istantalizinglyelusive, resistant to scientific analysis.
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However, this relationship has not been adequately considered, so the insights offered by formal approaches remaintantalizinglylimited.
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It is this unexplained variation which remains sotantalizinglylarge.
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It tends, however, to leave room for nagging doubts about whether some less common but nonetheless crucial usage is still lurkingtantalizinglyin the unseen data.
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In atantalizinglybrief conclusion, he explains this outcome by reference to the persistence of an overbearing state and the insufficient entrenchment of citizenship and property rights.
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The resulting experience for the reader is a kind of patchwork in which considerable insight is gained from some chapters while the evidence from others remainstantalizinglythin.
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The match did not fail to disappoint as the game wastantalizinglyclose until the dying seconds of the game.
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Tantalizingly, we have the examples only and not the explanations or contemporary commentaries.
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They virtually chase down the big score and the match istantalizinglypoised in the last over.
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Very often they would remain on the north side of the river,tantalizinglyout of reach.
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The open water crept closer to the ships, but remainedtantalizinglyout of reach.
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Each episode is narrated by a body who watches the team as they pursue thetantalizinglydifficult challenge of figuring out who this victim once was.
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His objects are like compounds with a long-forgotten use, outlandish yet made up oftantalizinglyfamiliar components, all twisted or going off at angles in a most obstreperous manner.
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