oscillate

英 ['ɒsɪleɪt] 美 ['ɑːsɪleɪt]

• v. 振动；摆动；彷徨；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 swing from side to side regularly;

   "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The price of grain slightly oscillated last year.
   去年的谷物价格略有波动。
2. A pendulum oscillates.
   摆锤能摆动。
3. Manic depressives oscillate between depression and elation.
   躁狂抑郁症患者抑郁与躁狂交替发作。
4. He oscillates between political extremes.
   他的政治观点在两个极端之间摇摆不定。

经典引文

• Look at the waves oscillating hither, thither on the beach.

  出自： Carlyle

近反义词

【近义词】

• vacillate 游移不定
• swing 摇摆
• fluctuate 波动
• alternate 交替
• undulate 波动的
• waver 动摇
• hesitate 犹豫
• blow hot and cold 反复无常
• dither 抖
• equivocate 说模棱两可的话...
• flap 拍打
• vibrate (使)振动
• hover 盘旋