| 单词 | irresolute |
| 释义 | irresolute (once / 2199 pages) adj Irresolute describes someone who feels stuck. A decision must be made, a plan acted on, but the irresolute person just doesn't know what to do. Resolute describes certainty. When someone is resolute, things get done: plans are made and carried out. But add the prefix ir to resolute and you get its opposite. An irresolute person isn't necessarily a slacker — he or she just doesn't know what to do. Maybe it's confusion. Maybe it's a matter of waiting for better information to come along. Either way, if someone is irresolute, you'll need to be patient — or willing to nudge him or her into action. WORD FAMILYirresolute: irresolutely, irresoluteness+/resolute: irresolute, resolutely, resoluteness, resolutest USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the poems in Vievee Francis’s haunting collection “Forest Primeval” are discreet yet revelatory, irresolute yet decisive, distressed yet serene. The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016) For an indefinite time I remain completely irresolute. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air(1996) Rather, in his unfussy, irresolute way, he’s merely reminding us that fear of the other didn’t start with those tumbling towers. New York Times(Jun 23, 2016) adj uncertain how to act or proceed the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute Syn|Ant indecisive not definitely settling something discouragedlacking in resolution infirmlacking firmness of will or character or purpose unstabledisposed to psychological variability vacillant, vacillating, waveringuncertain in purpose or action weak-kneedlacking will power or resolution resolute firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination brave, courageouspossessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching decisivedetermining or having the power to determine an outcome purposefulserving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal bent, bent on, dead set, out tofixed in your purpose determinedcharacterized by great determination desperate, do-or-diedesperately determined firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwaveringmarked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable foursquarecharacterized by firm and unwavering conviction hell-bentrecklessly determined resolved, single-mindeddetermined spartanresolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity stalwart, stoutdependable undaunted, undismayed, unshakenunshaken in purpose undeterred, undiscouragednot deterred |
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