For many gay couples , the possibility of marriage , even while delayed , seemed tantalizingly close .
对很多同性伴侣来说拥有婚姻权利的可能性,即使处于延缓判决中,也正在步步走近。
But we are tantalizingly close to giving the f.d.a. the resources it needs to hire enough inspectors -- and the authority it needs to empower those inspectors to do their jobs .
Just weeks ago , mr. piggott was tantalizingly close , friends say , but benson broke free and now she will never be his .
朋友们说,就在几周前,皮戈特差点就成功了,但本森挣脱了,如今她永远不会是他的了。
But when he had climbed down and untied his horse from the back of the buggy and stood in the twilight road , grinning tantalizingly at her , she could not smother her own grin as she drove off .