单词	vacillation
释义	vacillatevac‧il‧late /ˈvæsəleɪt/ verb [intransitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINvacillate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of vacillare ‘to move from side to side, fail to decide’ Verb Table VERB TABLE vacillate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they vacillate he, she, it vacillates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they vacillated Present perfect I, you, we, they have vacillated he, she, it has vacillated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had vacillated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will vacillate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have vacillated Continuous Form Present I am vacillating he, she, it is vacillating you, we, they are vacillating Past I, he, she, it was vacillating you, we, they were vacillating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been vacillating he, she, it has been vacillating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been vacillating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be vacillating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been vacillating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The longer you vacillate the less time you'll have to do anything worthwhile. The writer seems to vacillate between approving of Collins' actions and finding them disgusting. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS How often we vacillate back and forth, pro and conning things to death. I go back and I vacillate about it. She was decisive and she did not vacillate, and once committed she intended to win. The man I love has just destroyed us and I wake up, vacillating between suicide and murder. This time, they did not vacillate. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto keep changing your mind► vacillate to keep changing your mind about what you believe or what you are going to do, especially when you have two choices and you cannot decide which one is best: · The longer you vacillate the less time you'll have to do anything worthwhile.vacillate between: · The writer seems to vacillate between approving of Collins' actions and finding them disgusting. ► fickle someone who is fickle is always changing their mind about the people or things that they like so you cannot depend on them: · She had been a great star once, but the fickle public now ignored her movies. ► blow hot and cold especially British, informal if someone blows hot and cold about something, they keep changing their attitude so that sometimes they are eager to do it and at other times they are unwilling: · I can't tell what he wants - he keeps blowing hot and cold.· In our dealings with the police we have found that they can blow hot and cold. Sometimes they are keen to have media help in solving a crime, other times they are more reluctant. to continue to change your opinions, decisions, ideas etc SYN  wavervacillate between Her parents vacillated between different approaches to discipline.—vacillation /ˌvæsəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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