| 单词 | hesitate |
| 释义 | hesitate (once / 89 pages) v To hesitate is to pause before doing something, often out of concern or worry. If you're playing basketball and have a wide-open shot but don't take it right away, you hesitated. Maybe you felt too much pressure to shoot the ball. When people are nervous or worried, they tend to hesitate. Hesitating while speaking is common. In class, if you're not sure you have the right answer, you'll hesitate. When giving bad news, people often hesitate. Sometimes it makes sense to hesitate and sometimes you just need to do what you have to do. WORD FAMILYhesitate: hesitated, hesitater, hesitates, hesitating, hesitation, hesitator+/hesitater: hesitaters/hesitating: hesitatingly, unhesitating/hesitation: hesitations/hesitator: hesitators/unhesitating: unhesitatingly USAGE EXAMPLESLet’s not hesitate to tell him what to do. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Schanes told Gates to never hesitate in calling to get revisions done to her wig. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The issue arose again in September, he said, when he hesitated because of a daughter’s upcoming wedding. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures Syn|Hypo waffle, waver dwell on, linger over delay bogglehesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear hover, lingermove to and fro hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibratebe undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action falter, waverbe unsure or weak shillyshallybe uncertain and vague 2v interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing Syn|Hypo|Hyper pause hem and haw utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation scruplehesitate on moral grounds delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
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