Hesitate

['hezɪteɪt] or ['hɛzɪtet]

解釋/意思:

(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

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

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

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Dubitate, waver, demur, scruple, falter, stammer, pause, doubt

ANT:Decide, determine, run, flow, career

亚伯拉罕手打

解釋/意思:

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