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

hesitation

/hɛzɪˈteɪʃn

noun [mass noun]

1The action of pausing before saying or doing something: she answered without hesitation...

There are likely to be longer pauses and more hesitations, with great care being taken over what is being said.
And, however accurate, such transcripts are never complete, neither indicating the tone in which answers were given, nor the speakers' hesitations, pauses or accompanying gestures.
In spite of our training to look at body language and listen to a person's speech, we are rarely told to pay close attention to the hesitations and pauses that accompany a conversation.

Synonyms

pausing, delay, hanging back, waiting, shilly-shallying, dithering, stalling, temporizing, temporization;

uncertainty, hesitancy, hesitance, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, irresolution, irresoluteness, indecision, indecisiveness, equivocation, vacillation, oscillation, wavering, scepticism, nervousness, second thoughts;

British havering, humming and hawing;

Scottish swithering

informal dilly-dallying, blowing hot and cold

rare dubiety, incertitude, cunctation

1.1 [usually with negative] Doubt or reluctance: I have no hesitation in recommending him...

There was no hesitation or doubt for her, and therefore none for the audience.
Not for a moment is there any hesitation or doubt, as these obstacles have been transcended.
Gavin took the end of the rope and, with an impressive lack of hesitation, disappeared underwater.

Synonyms

reluctance, misgivings, qualms, scruples, reservations, compunction, unwillingness, disinclination, ambivalence, unease, uneasiness, demurral

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin haesitatio(n)-, from haesitare (see hesitate).

单词	hesitation
释义	hesitation /hɛzɪˈteɪʃn / noun [mass noun] 1The action of pausing before saying or doing something: she answered without hesitation... There are likely to be longer pauses and more hesitations, with great care being taken over what is being said. And, however accurate, such transcripts are never complete, neither indicating the tone in which answers were given, nor the speakers' hesitations, pauses or accompanying gestures. In spite of our training to look at body language and listen to a person's speech, we are rarely told to pay close attention to the hesitations and pauses that accompany a conversation. Synonyms pausing, delay, hanging back, waiting, shilly-shallying, dithering, stalling, temporizing, temporization; uncertainty, hesitancy, hesitance, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, irresolution, irresoluteness, indecision, indecisiveness, equivocation, vacillation, oscillation, wavering, scepticism, nervousness, second thoughts; British havering, humming and hawing; Scottish swithering informal dilly-dallying, blowing hot and cold rare dubiety, incertitude, cunctation 1.1 [usually with negative] Doubt or reluctance: I have no hesitation in recommending him... There was no hesitation or doubt for her, and therefore none for the audience. Not for a moment is there any hesitation or doubt, as these obstacles have been transcended. Gavin took the end of the rope and, with an impressive lack of hesitation, disappeared underwater. Synonyms reluctance, misgivings, qualms, scruples, reservations, compunction, unwillingness, disinclination, ambivalence, unease, uneasiness, demurral Origin Early 17th century: from Latin haesitatio(n)-, from haesitare (see hesitate).
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