fence-sitting

1 in Congress there was a lot of fence-sitting, with many representatives waiting to see which way the political wind was blowing

2 Given the close nature of the race, these fence-sitting voters could play a crucial role in determining who will become the next president.

3 That question must haunt the pair — director-writer John Ridley and his star Regina King — who collaborated on this sometimes touching but fence-sitting portrayal of Chisholm.

4 Washington also needs to strengthen the incentives for fence-sitting countries to work with the United States by offering better access to the American market.

5 Democrats should not get in the way of that by pushing what certainly will appear like an antidemocratic maneuver — which has been Trump’s MO in recent years — to Republicans and maybe some fence-sitting independents.

6 Zelensky is expected to try to persuade fence-sitting countries to rally behind Ukraine’s war effort.

7 Fears of retaliation continue to dominate the news cycle and loom large in the minds of policymakers, particularly in key fence-sitting countries such as Germany and South Korea.

8 There was nuance -- at least in their comments to reporters -- with a fair share of fence-sitting or waiting to see where the wind blows.

9 Lincoln’s responding call for troops made plain that there would be a war and that Tennessee, like other fence-sitting Upper South states, would have to choose sides.

10 Sitting on the fence will not do.

骑墙是不行的。

11 I have to make sure that we got rid of the saboteurs, built a strong cadre of disciples, and moved all the fence sitters to the positive side.

我必须确保铲除蓄意破坏者，建立强大的追随队伍，并且争取所有的骑墙派。

1 犹豫不决

shilly-shally hesitative indecisive pendulous irresolute hesitantly uncertainly haltingly indecisively irresolutely waveringly waver tentativeness indetermination mugwumpery boggle teeter jib vacillate whiffle be in two minds about in two minds of two minds

2 中立

litmusless mugwumpish mugwumpian neutral indifferent unattached uncommitted crossbench neutrality neutralization neutralism mugwumpery neutralize middle ground

3 观望

trim straddle sit on the fence stand on the fence

4 骑墙

mugwumpian mugwumpery sit on the fence stand on the fence