单词 | hesitate |
释义 | hes·i·tate (hĕzĭ-tāt′) intr.v. hes·i·tat·ed, hes·i·tat·ing, hes·i·tates 1. To pause or wait in uncertainty: She hesitated for a second before opening the door. 2. To be slow to act, speak, or decide: "I have for many months hesitated about the propriety of allowing this, or any part of my narrative, to come before the public eye, until after my death" (Thomas De Quincey). 3. To be reluctant: hesitated to pick up the pan, fearing it was hot. [Latin haesitāre, haesitāt-, to hesitate, frequentative of haerēre, to hold fast.] hesi·tat′er n. hesi·tat′ing·ly adv. |
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