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。
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。
The Scoop: Movie goer's appetites have been whetted by early trailers for Tim Burton's surreal 3d tale based on Lewis Carroll's surreal children's classics, which combines live action and animation.
独家报道：电影爱好者的胃口被预告片钓了起来，这部蒂姆·伯顿的超现实3 - D影片根据儿童文学经典改编，融合了真人表演和电脑动画。
The smell of food whetted my appetite.
食物的气味挑起了我的食欲。
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