The meaning of the verb tantalize is a very particular one, "to promise or show something desirable to a person and then take it away; to tease by arousing hope."

动词 tantalize 的意思非常特殊：“承诺或展示某人想要的东西，然后把它拿走；通过唤起希望来挑逗。”

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She added: "These interesting initial results show promise for the development of a breath test to detect head-and-neck cancers which are often diagnosed at an advanced stage.

她补充说：“头颈部癌症经常到了晚期才被诊断出来，这些有趣的初期结果给开发一种头颈部癌症的呼吸检测法带来了希望。

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PROTOTYPES of new electric vehicles that are soon to go on sale show lots of promise.

新款电动车的原型很快就要上市并带给我们更多的承诺。

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Mr.Berman says findings from agricultural areas of Sri Lanka, India and China show promise.

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But the problem of one's being called to be a great poet is that one may have an inkling or some sense of a promise of future greatness but nothing really to show for it yet.

但是一个人被召唤去变成伟大诗人的问题在于,他可能会有一丝感觉他将来必定是伟大的,但还没有什么能够真正表明这一切。

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So Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president Annapolis was intended to strengthen against the rejectionists of Hamas, returns to Ramallah with little to show except the promise of a year of bi-weekly meetings with Ehud Olmert.

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Nothing like a television star (and the promise of autographs to show to mum back home) to get hotel staff into a frenzy!

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Here, though, there's a sense of randomness and too-muchness that characterizes the whole production, including the hideous creatures that fulfill the promise of a horror show.

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