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单词 shilly-shally
释义 shilly-shally
I. \|shilē|shalē, -ili|shali\ adverb
Etymology: reduplication of shall I
: in an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner
II. adjective
: showing or marked by indecisiveness : irresolute, vacillating
 < a shilly-shally person >
 < this man's shilly-shally temporizing — Atlantic >
III. noun
(-es)
1. : indecision, irresolution, vacillation
 < one can hardly say suddenly after four years of shilly-shally — Janet Flanner >
2. : shillyshallyer
IV. intransitive verb
(shilly-shallied ; shilly-shallied ; shilly-shallying ; shilly-shallies)
1. : to fail to act : show hesitation or lack of resolution
 < having reached a decision, I did not shilly-shally about the affair — Harper's >
2. : to alternate between two attitudes or courses of action : back and fill
 < never took a stand but shilly-shallied on all sides of it — C.W.M.Hart >
3. : to waste time : dawdle
 < twenty people for supper … and thee shilly-shallying in thy shirttail at six in the morning — Jessamyn West >
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