In an article some Chinese scholars are
described as being "tantalized by the mysterious dragon bone hieroglyphics."
Tantalized is one of many English words that have their origins in myths and
legends of the past (in this case, Greek and Roman ones). 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." Many
(but not all) English dictionaries give you a brief indication of a word’s
origins in brackets before or after the explanation of the meaning. For
tantalize the following explanation is given: [>Tantalus]. This means that you
should look up the name Tantalus to find out the word’s origins, and if you do,
you will find out that in Greek mythology, Tantalus was a king who was punished
in the lower A. to describe the work of some Chinese scholars B. to arouse readers’ interest in hieroglyphics C. to lead readers onto the main theme D. to link the preceding part to the present one [单项选择] {{B}}TEXT C{{/B}}
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