vacillate是什么意思_vacillate怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;"the line on the monitor vacillated"

中英词源

vacillate 立场摇摆

来自拉丁语vacillare,摇摆，犹豫，来自PIE*weng,弯，转，摇晃，词源同wink,winch.

vacillate (v.): 1590s, "to sway unsteadily," from Latin vacillatus, past participle of vacillare "sway to and fro; hesitate" (see vacillation). Meaning "to waver between two opinions or courses" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Vacillated; vacillates; vacillating.

词态变化

第三人称单数 vacillates;
过去式 vacillated;
过去分词 vacillated;
现在分词 vacillating;
名词 vacillation;
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权威造句

1. Such parents vacillate between saying no and giving in — but neither response seems satisfactory to them.: 这类家长举棋不定,对孩子们的无理要求,不知道是该回绝还是该满足,觉得这两者都不理想.

2. Without doubt , the national bourgeoisie tends to vacillate , but we should , nevertheless, make use of its positive side, uniting with it as well as struggling against it.: 民族资产阶级当然是动摇的, 但是要利用它的积极的一面, 要有团结有斗争.

3. We cannot vacillate on the question of the party"s leadership.: 在党的领导权问题上我们不能动摇。

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.

5. Don"t vacillate about asking for assistance if you need it.: 如果需要的话,不要犹豫向别人寻求帮助.

近反义词

vacillate between 在 ... 之间摇摆...

相似短语

vacillate between 在…之间动摇不定

vacillate in one"s opinion 意见摇摆不定,拿不定注意,犹豫不决

单词分析

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