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单词 hesitancy
释义 hes·i·tan·cy
\ˈhezəd.ənsē, -zətən-, -si also -zətən- sometimes -ztən- or ˈhesə-\ noun
or hes·i·tance \-n(t)s\
(plural hesitancies or hesitances)
Etymology: Late Latin haesitantia, from Latin, action of stammering, from haesitant-, haesitans + -ia -y
1. : the quality or state of being hesitant: as
 a. : indecision
  < had lost that nervous hesitancy that had so troubled her — Elizabeth Goudge >
 b. : reluctance
  < had no hesitancy in entering the field of composition — Fannie L. G. Cole >
2. : an act or instance of hesitating : hesitation
 < her girlish hesitancies, her maidenly delays and refusals — S.H.Adams >
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