Tantalize

tantalize



Y



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    逗惹

          2.    折磨

          3.    強烈的誘惑





D



–verb (used with object)

to torment with, or as if with, 

the sight of something desired but out of reach; 

tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.  



Also, especially British, tantalise.



—Synonyms 

provoke, taunt, tempt; frustrate.



—Antonyms 

satisfy.



taunt

[Being Black], he had to endure the taunt[s] of his classmates.

Castigate 









　

In addition to more traditionally structured scenes, his film contains a series of 



tantalizing, non-sequential images that reveal themselves 



as the narrative unfolds, the various haircuts and facial bruises of his lead character (Jeremy Theobald) 



eventually coalescing [into] [coherence]. 



coalesce

聯合

(挫傷的骨頭)接合; (傷口)癒合





　

A love triangle begins to coalesce, and things grow more complicated when Juan Antonio's passionate, unstable ex, Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz), arrives to stay after a suicide attempt.









　

Tantalizingly, Fox’s complaint, which does not name Paramount, said that Warner [settled] a [dispute] with an unidentified "purported rights holder" by sharing part of its own [claimed] interest. Patricia S. Rockenwagner, a Paramount spokeswoman, says her studio has foreign distribution rights to the film.