vacillate

英 ['væsəleɪt] 美 ['væsəleɪt]

• v. 游移不定；踌躇；犹豫

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. She vacillated between hope and fear.
   她时而抱有希望，时而心存恐惧。
2. But a few cadres started to vacillate.
   但是,也有少数干部起了波动。
3. You are bound to vacillate at times.
   有时你肯定还是会犹豫不决。
4. You can tell when they're stressed out, they'll equivocate and vacillate.
   当他们压力过大时，你是可以辨别出来的，因为他们会支支吾吾、犹豫不决。

经典引文

• The fate of books vacillates with the fancies of book-lovers.

  出自： I. D

词汇搭配

• vacillate between 在 ... 之间摇摆...

近反义词

【近义词】

• hesitate 犹豫
• waver 动摇
• chop and change 变化无常(朝三暮四...
• dither 抖
• think twice 重新考虑
• equivocate 说模棱两可的话...
• shilly-shally 犹豫不决
• sit on the fence 保持中立
• boggle 犹豫
• oscillate 振动
• fluctuate 波动
• vibrate (使)振动
• hover 盘旋