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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We look at soil chemistry—for example, how much nitrogen or magnesium there is in the soil in one spot—and we compare it with the chemistry of the soil a short distance away.

我们会观察土壤的化学性质——比如某个地方的土壤里有多少氮或者镁——然后与附近土壤的化学性质作比较。

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The few people I made eye contact with just smiled back, but not one looked away in embarrassment or disgust.

偶尔与几个人目光对接，也只是相视一笑，没人尴尬或是嫌恶地躲开视线，更没有恶言相向。

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But one possibility, he says,is that it may take time away from sports or other activities that could help prevent depression.

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If you have, if you know you have a conflict with one of those quiz dates now John please see John or I right away.

如果你有事，如果你现在就知道,你有事和这两天冲突了,请马上来见我和。

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That's because, at the end, if- -suppose you're one month or two months away from the payoff of the mortgage, you don't have any balance left, so the interest that you're paying is -hardly any balance left--is very low and so you're payment is paying off principal, mostly.

这是因为,在最后,如果,假设你还剩1到2个月,就可以还清抵押贷款,那么剩下的贷款余额就很少了,因此你所需要付的利息,将会非常少,因为贷款余额几乎为零,此时你偿还的就主要是本金

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