PHRASE If someone or something whets your appetite for a particular thing, they increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like. 刺激(某人的)欲望; 激发(某人的)兴趣
A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise.
一份非常好的商品目录也可以激起顾客的购买欲。
The ambrosial aroma of the roast whetted our appetites.
烤肉的美味香气刺激了我们的食欲。
Mrs Merkel has whetted Germany's appetite for cheap, secure, green energy.
默克尔已经将德国人对低廉、安全、绿色能源的胃口吊了起来。
Far from satiating voters' thirst for blood, the speaker's decapitation may have whetted it.
选民的嗜血心态远远未得到满足，议长的撤换只是进一步刺激了这一渴望。
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