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vacillate

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v.犹豫不定

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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

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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/