Hesitate
['hezɪteɪt] or ['hɛzɪtet]
解释:
(verb.) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; 'Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures'.
(verb.) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; 'The speaker paused'.
手打:威尔--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
(v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
(v. t.) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
整理:莱斯利
同义词及近义词:
v. n. [1]. Pause, delay, demur, doubt, waver, vacillate, be undetermined, stop to consider, be in doubt, be in suspense, be doubtful.[2]. Falter, stammer, have an impediment in speech.
整理:罗威娜
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Dubitate, waver, demur, scruple, falter, stammer, pause, doubt
ANT:Decide, determine, run, flow, career
亚伯拉罕手打
解释:
v.i. to stop in making a decision: to be in doubt: to stammer.—v.t. (rare) to express with hesitation.—ns. Hes′itancy Hesitā′tion wavering: doubt: stammering.—adj. Hes′itan't hesitating.—adv. Hes′itātingly.—adj. Hes′itātive showing hesitation.—n. Hes′itātor one who hesitates.—adj. Hes′itātory hesitating.
整理:桑娅
例句:
- Still, a person may hesitate about the probability of the son of a king being a philosopher. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- She would hesitate, she would tease, she would condition, she would require a great deal, but she would finally accept. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- And yet, I hesitate. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- In the other case they will be very much surprised, and they will hesitate. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- If you insist upon being determined by conditions you do hesitate about saying I shall. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I can understand that you may hesitate to analyse it from a purely impartial point of view. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- In the height of the season, Legree did not hesitate to press all his hands through, Sundays and week-days alike. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- For ten days after this repulse the Duke of Brunswick hesitated, and then he began to fall back towards the Rhine. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Sir Percival hesitated and looked at his watch. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The girl hesitated. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She hesitated for a moment, holding the little volume fondly in her hands--then lifted it to her lips and kissed it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The Jew still hesitated. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Lily hesitated a moment. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- And all the while they two were hovering, hesitating round the flame of some invisible declaration. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Cause--' said Sam, hesitating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- If I knew him a little better, thought I, hesitating, as I saw him stop to speak to his groom. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I don't know if he wants it all,' he continued in a hesitating manner. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- I think she might have been mistrustful, mum,' answered Sloppy, hesitating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It is so difficult to fix a sum, said I, hesitating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Without hesitating longer, I hurried from the chamber in the direction of the greatest tumult. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The trooper flushes angrily and hesitates a moment, but holds out his two hands, clasped together, and says, There! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In common conversation he seems to have no choice of words; he hesitates and blunders; and yet, good God, how he writes! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- She hesitates, I am sure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- If he hesitates or moves a finger but as you bid him, drag him into the street, call for the aid of the police, and impeach him as a felon in my name. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- But if he considers, he is in doubt; he hesitates. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The Christian Hero never hesitates where good is to be done. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- She hesitates, but he motions again, and she sits down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
凯西整理