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?One?of?the?goals?of?high-powered?advertising?is?to?tantalize?us?with?items?we?can’t?quite?afford.? [译文]?威力强大的广告的目标之一，就是吸引我们去买我们不太买得起的东西。? tantalize: to make a person or an animal want sth that they cannot get or do.逗弄人，使人干着急，吊胃口 Adj. tantalizing, tantalized Adv. tantalizingly ~ sb. or sth. eg：Give the dog the bone dont tantalize him. ? 把那块骨头给那条狗吧别让它乾着急了。 I want to know what you do these days! Dont tantalize me again我就想知道你最近在干什么？别跟我卖关子文国！ Plouto. He was initially known for having stolen the food from heaven and brought it to his people, so he revealed the secrets of the gods. The punishment for his act was now a proverbial term for temptation without satisfaction. Tantalus was to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches raised his intended meal from his grasp. Whenever he bent down to get a drink, the water receded before he could get any. This fate has cursed him with eternal deprivation of nourishment. We have decided that it is impossible to cheat when that Argus-eyed professor gives an exam [译文]我们决定在考试中不去作弊，因为那个教授目光太敏锐了根本不可能。 Argus-eyed: having very keen vision; carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger警惕的 目光敏锐的 Eg: We should be eagles flying high in the sky, being argus-eyed with the great talent and bold vision to tower into the skies. 我们应像鹰，翱翔于天空，不仅具有敏锐的眼光，而且具有冲向蓝天的雄才大略. is a one hundred-eyed monster, he has 100 eyes, he sleeps with 2 eyes closed and other 98 eyes awake. Argus was Heras servant. Hera found Zeus was dated with Io. and Zeus turned Io to a cow to protect her, But Hera saw through the trick, she asked Zeus for the cow and let Argus, a one hundred-eyed monster to observe her so that she would not run away. To free Io, Zeus had Argus slain by Hermes. Hermes, first put all of Arguss eyes asleep with spoken charms and whistling, then killed him. ?The?number?of?mirrors?in?the?average?home?suggests?that?there?is?a?little?narcissism?in?each?of?