英语词汇“vacillate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vacillate

/ˈvasɪleɪt

verb [no object]

Waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive: I vacillated between teaching and journalism...

Since the time of his death informed opinion has vacillated between near universal confidence in his guilt and passionate attempts to exonerate him.
However, years of indecisiveness have left the company vacillating between a differentiation strategy and that of being a cost leader.
Ask her for an opinion, and she'll give it to you without any hesitation or attempts to vacillate.

Synonyms

dither, be indecisive, be irresolute, be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure, be doubtful, waver, teeter, temporize, hesitate, oscillate, fluctuate, keep changing one's mind;

British haver, hum and haw;

Scottish swither

informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally, blow hot and cold

irresolute, hesitant, tentative, dithering, wavering, teetering, fluctuating, ambivalent, divided, doubtful, unsure, uncertain, in two minds, undecided, indefinite, unresolved, undetermined

informal dilly-dallying, shilly-shallying, iffy, blowing hot and cold

Derivatives

vacillator

noun ...

He said the scrutiny of history was indeed a very cold, harsh and objective spotlight that in time will reveal all vacillators to be men of talk but not action.
He mocked his challenger as a vacillator who could spend the whole time debating himself.
They view him as a vacillator whose tactical shifts in the face of foreign pressure have been unpardonable.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'sway unsteadily'): from Latin vacillat- 'swayed', from the verb vacillare.

单词	vacillate
释义	vacillate /ˈvasɪleɪt / verb [no object] Waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive: I vacillated between teaching and journalism... Since the time of his death informed opinion has vacillated between near universal confidence in his guilt and passionate attempts to exonerate him. However, years of indecisiveness have left the company vacillating between a differentiation strategy and that of being a cost leader. Ask her for an opinion, and she'll give it to you without any hesitation or attempts to vacillate. Synonyms dither, be indecisive, be irresolute, be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure, be doubtful, waver, teeter, temporize, hesitate, oscillate, fluctuate, keep changing one's mind; British haver, hum and haw; Scottish swither informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally, blow hot and cold irresolute, hesitant, tentative, dithering, wavering, teetering, fluctuating, ambivalent, divided, doubtful, unsure, uncertain, in two minds, undecided, indefinite, unresolved, undetermined informal dilly-dallying, shilly-shallying, iffy, blowing hot and cold Derivatives vacillator noun ... He said the scrutiny of history was indeed a very cold, harsh and objective spotlight that in time will reveal all vacillators to be men of talk but not action. He mocked his challenger as a vacillator who could spend the whole time debating himself. They view him as a vacillator whose tactical shifts in the face of foreign pressure have been unpardonable. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'sway unsteadily'): from Latin vacillat- 'swayed', from the verb vacillare.
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