shilly-shallied
past participle, past simple ofshilly-shally
| 单词 | shilly-shallied |
| 释义 | shilly-shallied past participle, past simple ofshilly-shally shilly-shally verb[I] informaldisapprovinguk/ˈʃɪl.iˌʃæl.i/us/ˈʃɪl.iˌʃæl.i/tospendtoo muchtimedoing something or making adecisionbecause you do notknowwhat is therightthing to do: Stop shilly-shallying and make adecisionnow! Hesitating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Doubt & ambivalence Examplesofshilly-shalliedshilly-shallied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When they returned, having raised the money, the councilshilly-shallied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Both haveshilly-shallied, avoided and dodged the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have notshilly-shalliedas we have in regard to this question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that, theyshilly-shalliedand talked small town stuff like a couple of debaters in a school debating society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Month after month, sowing time after sowing time, they haveshilly-shalliedand have delayed and evaded the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have notshilly-shalliedabout it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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