hesitant

Word family nounhesitancehesitatoradjectivehesitanthesitativehesitatoryadverbhesitantlyhesitatinglyverbhesitate

hes·i·tant /ˈhezɪtənt/ adjectiveadj

NOT SUREuncertain about what to do or say because you are nervous or unwilling 犹豫的，迟疑的，有疑虑的

Gail gave me a hesitant little smile.

盖尔迟疑地对我微微一笑。

hesitant about (doing) something

They seemed hesitant about coming in.

他们似乎犹豫着该不该进来。

hesitant to do something

She is hesitant to draw conclusions until the study is over.

她不愿在研究结束之前下结论。

—hesitantly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

hesitant• In a changing job market, employees are hesitant.• There are lots of ceramics books, postcards and other visual stimuli around the shop, too, to help the hesitant.• I was hesitant about approaching the boss directly.• Yet, some large publishers are still hesitant about committing any money to a black magazine project.• They seemed anxious and hesitant about leaving, as if uncertain of which direction to take.• He was a little hesitant at first, but soon he had told her everything.• A hesitant hand to her mouth, a rather bemused smile in her eyes, she watched him walk away.• He answered in his usual shy, hesitant manner.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• It is not surprising that the government was hesitant to introduce such major reforms.

hesitant to do something• The scientists were hesitant to accept the claims of such a nonentity as Richter without corroboration.• However, Richard Baxter was hesitant to accept this offer for other reasons also.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• Officials with the AFL-CIO were hesitant to discuss the administration plan because they said they had not seen details of the proposal.• I would have been pleased had Peter been somewhat hesitant to grant me a one-week leave of absence.• Conversely the under-confident person may be hesitant to predict danger or to react to it with sufficient purpose or determination.• In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.• In a reactionary decade there are many who will not be hesitant to use such state-ments to confirm their former views.

单词	hesitant
释义	hesitant Word family nounhesitancehesitatoradjectivehesitanthesitativehesitatoryadverbhesitantlyhesitatinglyverbhesitate hes·i·tant /ˈhezɪtənt/ adjectiveadj NOT SUREuncertain about what to do or say because you are nervous or unwilling 犹豫的，迟疑的，有疑虑的 Gail gave me a hesitant little smile. 盖尔迟疑地对我微微一笑。 hesitant about (doing) something They seemed hesitant about coming in. 他们似乎犹豫着该不该进来。 hesitant to do something She is hesitant to draw conclusions until the study is over. 她不愿在研究结束之前下结论。 —hesitantly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus hesitant• In a changing job market, employees are hesitant.• There are lots of ceramics books, postcards and other visual stimuli around the shop, too, to help the hesitant.• I was hesitant about approaching the boss directly.• Yet, some large publishers are still hesitant about committing any money to a black magazine project.• They seemed anxious and hesitant about leaving, as if uncertain of which direction to take.• He was a little hesitant at first, but soon he had told her everything.• A hesitant hand to her mouth, a rather bemused smile in her eyes, she watched him walk away.• He answered in his usual shy, hesitant manner.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• It is not surprising that the government was hesitant to introduce such major reforms. hesitant to do something• The scientists were hesitant to accept the claims of such a nonentity as Richter without corroboration.• However, Richard Baxter was hesitant to accept this offer for other reasons also.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• Officials with the AFL-CIO were hesitant to discuss the administration plan because they said they had not seen details of the proposal.• I would have been pleased had Peter been somewhat hesitant to grant me a one-week leave of absence.• Conversely the under-confident person may be hesitant to predict danger or to react to it with sufficient purpose or determination.• In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.• In a reactionary decade there are many who will not be hesitant to use such state-ments to confirm their former views.
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