Tantalus did not reach for the water he would never be allowed to drink.

坦塔罗斯没有伸手去拿他永远不能喝的水。

Toby, as the whole village knew, was enduring the finest tortures of frustration since Tantalus.

托比，正如全村人所知， 正在忍受自坦塔罗斯以来最严重的挫折折磨。

Over all there brooded the shadow of his injuries and the tantalus of their slow healing.

到处都笼罩着他受伤的阴影和缓慢愈合的创伤。

Read any story or myth about hell, whether it's Tantalus, or Sisyphus, or Satan, and you'll hear the same story: someone wants something but can never have it.

读任何关于地狱的故事或神话，无论是坦塔罗斯、西西弗斯还是撒旦，你都会听到同样的故事：有人想要什么，但永远得不到。

Bookshelves lined two of the walls, and at the end of the room opposite the window there was a handsome oak sideboard with a tantalus on top.

书架排列在两堵墙上， 在房间的尽头， 窗户对面有一个漂亮的橡木餐具柜， 上面有一个坦坦罗斯。

He grew red; he made the clumsiest and most futile efforts to transport the meat to his plate; food was there before him, but, like a very Tantalus, he was forbidden to enjoy it.

他脸红了；他费了九牛二虎之力才把肉端到自己的盘子里。食物摆在他面前，但他像个坦塔罗斯人一样，被禁止享用。