vacillate
美音:
[´væsə´leıt
]英音:
[´væsə´leıt
]v.犹豫不定
难易程度:
vacillate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:vacillation 副词:vacillatingly 动词过去式:vacillated 过去分词:vacillated 现在分词:vacillating 第三人称单数:vacillates
近义词, 同义词
vacillate
/'væsəleɪt; `væsl,et/
v [I, Ipr] ~ (between sth and sth) (fml usu derog 文, 通常作贬义) keep changing one's mind; move backwards and forwards between two emotions (思想)动摇不定; 犹豫; (在两种情绪之间)变化不定
*She vacillated between hope and fear.她时而抱有希望, 时而心存恐惧. Cf 参看 oscillate.
vacillate
v [I]formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of vacillare
'to move from side to side, fail to decide']
to continue to change your opinions, decisions, ideas etc
=
wavervacillate between Her parents vacillated between different approaches to discipline.>vacillation [,væsɪ'leɪʃən/