词汇 | vacillate |
释义 | vacillateWord family adjectivevacillantvacillatingvacillatoryadverbvacillatinglynounvacillationverbvacillate vac·il·late /ˈvæsəleɪt/ verb [intransitiveI] formal CHANGE YOUR MINDto continue to change your opinions, decisions, ideas etc 犹豫,踌躇,拿不定主意 SYN waver vacillate between Her parents vacillated between different approaches to discipline. 她的父母在不同的管教方式之间摇摆不定。 —vacillation /ˌvæsəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus vacillate• This time, they did not vacillate.• I go back and I vacillate about it.• She was decisive and she did not vacillate, and once committed she intended to win.• How often we vacillate back and forth, pro and conning things to death.• The writer seems to vacillate between approving of Collins' actions and finding them disgusting.• The man I love has just destroyed us and I wake up, vacillating between suicide and murder.• The longer you vacillate the less time you'll have to do anything worthwhile. vacillate between• Eve vacillates between love and anger for the father who abandoned her. From Longman Business Dictionary vacillatevac·il·late /ˈvæsəleɪt/ verb [intransitiveI]FINANCE if prices or rates vacillate, they continually change by small amounts Prices will vacillate near or slightly below current levels. The rate of inflation has been vacillating between 4% and 5%. (1500-1600) Latin past participle of vacillare “to move from side to side, fail to decide” |
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