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vi.
摇摆
振荡
波动
犹豫
vac·il·late
vae sih leIt
第三人称单数:vacillates
现在分词:vacillating
过去式:vacillated
过去分词:vacillated
vacillating (adj.), vacillatingly (adv.), vacillation (n.), vacillator (n.)
词根:vacillate
adj.vacillant 犹豫不决的;游移的;摇摆不定的
vacillating 优柔寡断的;犹豫的
n.vacillation 踌躇;不果断;游移不定
vacillator 犹豫的人
v.vacillating 动摇(vacillate的ing形式);犹豫
Verb
1. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
2. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
1590年代,“摇摆不定”,源自拉丁语 vacillatus,是 vacillare 的过去分词,“来回摇摆; 犹豫不决”(参见 vacillation)。意思是“在两种观点或行动之间犹豫不决”,记录于1620年代。相关词汇: Vacillated; vacillates; vacillating。
borrowed from Latin vacillātus, past participle of vacillāre "to be unsteady, totter, be weak or inconstant, waver," of uncertain origin
The first known use of vacillate was in 1597
vacuolenoun
a cavity in bodily tissues or in the cytoplasm of a cell that is usually filled with fluid
vacuitynoun
an empty space
the quality or state of being vacuous
vacuum1 of 3noun
a space completely empty of matter
a space from which most of the air has been removed (as by a pump)
vacuum cleaner
vacuum2 of 3adjective
of, containing, producing, or using a partial vacuum
the vacuum method of making coffee
vacuum3 of 3verb
to use a vacuum cleaner on
vacillateverb
to hesitate between courses or opinions : be unable to choose
vacillateverb
to hesitate between courses or opinions : be unable to choose
vacillateverb
to hesitate between courses or opinions : be unable to choose
1 He’s watching the multi-view display, ice action and editing photos on his laptop all at the same time — a process that vacillates between being balletic and frenetic.
2 The dimly lit Irish pub in Pioneer Square was aglow with modest “stage” lights, hints of bar neon and Schuster’s warm leads that vacillated between smooth, happy-dream-state lullabies and spicy fretboard calisthenics.
3 He is vacillating between leaving and staying on.
他在去和留之间犹豫不决.
4 “People get led astray on a night like last night by vacillating space needles,” says Jesse Ferguson, a former Hillary Clinton spokesman.
5 And the young filmmakers vacillate between fear, fascination and opportunism.
6 Corinealdi’s Tia, meanwhile, vacillates between wanting to earn a connection with her daughter, and channeling the urgent passion surrounding Jira's adoptive father’s murder to forward her own political career.
7 Offering a dramatically shaped psychological portrait, Alsop and the orchestra vacillated between lyrical introspection and nervous agitation before an impressively controlled build to the cataclysmic climax.
8 Others vacillated between skepticism and quiet acquiescence at the estimate.
9 When I vacillated over dessert, he turned to the waitress and said, “He wants pie.”
10 Perhaps worst of all, the Americans, without whom no durable deal can be done, have seemed to vacillate, with neither a vision nor a plan.
最糟糕的事情在于美国人的动摇,没有了美国的协议不可能持续长久,但目前他们既没有计划也没有愿景。
11 Shawkat, who has been acting since she was a child, said she tends to vacillate about the creative process.
12 “Hot Girls Wanted” is a documentary with a provocative subject and title but an uncertain tone that vacillates between weary outrage and motherly concern.
13 The bossy Ocean vacillates between acting the patronizing best friend to everybody and revealing her inner mean girl.
14 Later, in another of her filmed conversations, Hilton speaks in a normal tone, a very intimate sotto voce... but also vacillates between that and her baby voice without thinking about it.
15 When she vacillated, Mr. Walker took her to dinner at SD26 in the Flatiron district.
16 Says Klein: “I vacillate between thinking all this is funny and thinking this is sad.”
17 Such parents vacillate between saying no and giving in -but neither response seems satisfactory to them.
这类家长举棋不定,对孩子的无理要求,不知道是该回绝还是该满足,觉得这两者都不理想。
18 Throwing in with the CRM never stopped her from vacillating back and forth between her identities: Jadis and Anne, Alexandria and the authoritarian military.
19 She vacillates between extreme confidence and near-paralyzing insecurity, and friends say they cannot predict which they will experience: Naomi, the fiery tiger; or Naomi, the meek schoolgirl.
20 The second act focuses on a political meeting in Sophiatown in 1955: the inhabitants are being forced out, and Mandela is vacillating between peaceful protest and armed struggle.
1 不定
various catchy indefinite indeterminate mutable equivocal adventitious desultory chancy irresolute variability
2 犹豫不决
shilly-shally hesitative indecisive pendulous irresolute hesitantly uncertainly haltingly indecisively irresolutely waveringly waver tentativeness indetermination fence-sitting mugwumpery boggle teeter jib whiffle be in two minds about in two minds of two minds
3 踌躇
incertitude swither teeter hobble miss a beat backward hesitant irresolute shilly-shally stand pause suspense indecision demur hold balance stick hang halt stagger wobble falter waver boggle seesaw scruple wabble yea and nay ashamed wobbly dither dwell dilly-dally dicker hesitation hesitate tentative faltering oscillation
4 波动
undular undulative wavy undulant fluctuant undulatory shugy wave rebound pulse surge fluctuation flux ripple flutter waft tumult pulsation undulation vacillation popple wobble ruffle yo-yo waver pulsate undulate fluctuate destabilize unstable wobbly unsteady wiggly oscillo- roll see-saw go see saw rolling play heave porpoise to-and-fro seiche wafture chop
5 摇动
rocky shaky shaking unsteady swingy vacillating waggly agit. swinging rock movement shake swing stir quake agitation flutter shake-up jounce waggle vacillation rockiness move wave jar toss surge reel wag hotch showd niddle-noddle wigwag waff sway fling agitate frisk wangle joggle succuss loose wavy rocking wobbling ashake jouncy wabbly awag motion wiggle flirt wobble unsteadiness wafture swim vibrate jolt whiffle crazy rickety play flicker tremble totter dodder worry WAVE jig oscillate give a shake
6 摆动
libratory vibrational wiggly swaying oscillatory tottering wavery pendular vibratility swing vibration wiggle flirt flicker wobble oscillation vacillation waver oscillate librate nod shake lash sway swinging hunting bob stagger wag shimmy libration wabble pendulate roll hunt flap traverse vibrate wigwag switch
7 摇摆
swing walking wavy wavering wavery unballasted swinging rock wave sway fluctuation dangle wobble waver wag ambivalence nutation shog yo-yo oscillate toss teeter seesaw shaky rocking wobbly pendulous jiggly waggly asway awag waveringly roll shake rolling stagger wamble tremble totter dodder nod unsteady falter
8 变化不定
9 动摇
shake stagger waver oscillate teeter teeter-totter insecure shaky tremulous labefaction sap destabilize move weaken sway
11 踌躇莫决
12 摇摆不定
13 犹豫
hesitative hesitant wavery unconfident vibration dwell fluctuation hesitation oscillation waver hesitancy demur hesitance swither boggle scruple pendulate balance stick float pause hesitate crane stagger oscillate dither stickle slow uncertain halting uncertainly uncertainty vacillation weaken haver hang back incertitude dubitation baulk backward hesitantly doubtfully wavering dillydallying dilly-dallying doubtfulness falter dilly-dally dillydally averse drift indecision doubt strain wobble teeter seesaw wabble shilly-shally yea and nay tentative hover halt fear give pause to hum and haw look back faltering reserve