waffling
present participle ofwaffle
| 单词 | waffling |
| 释义 | waffling present participle ofwaffle waffle verb[I] disapprovinguk/ˈwɒf.əl/us/ˈwɑː.fəl/waffleverb[I](TALK)UK totalkor write a lot without giving anyusefulinformationor anyclearanswers: If you don'tknowtheanswer, it's no good just waffling(on)forpagesandpages. Ways of talking
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Writing & typing waffleverb[I](FAIL TO DECIDE)US(UKdither) to beunableto make adecision: I waffled a lot beforefinallydecidingto take thejob. Examplesofwafflingwaffling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Like now, critics of early processualism argued that there was too much jargon, too much theoreticalwafflingand far more overlap between the so-called 'new' perspective and the existing paradigm. From theCambridge English Corpus The report is full of hypocritical expressions couched in wearisome,wafflinglanguage. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Instead of all thiswafflingabout the budget granted to this fund, we could take the decision to set this up. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I do not want awafflingsort of reply; let us have a proper reply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he stopwafflingand tell us what he intends to do? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, generally speaking, the information in the letter was on a verywafflingbasis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no usewafflingabout the responsibility of the unions, for we all know differently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good him just standing up andwaffling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in danger of going down the road ofwafflingon about sanctions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Has not the time for hand wringing andwafflingpassed and the time to act arrived? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She iswafflingaround with her competition rules and also compromising security in the area of stability of the banks that are still functioning. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We should stopwafflingon about family planning or birth control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead ofwafflingon about the classless society, they should do something about the upstairs downstairs mentality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, when he was challenged on it, he startedwafflingagain and changing his mind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel that the time for platitudes, bromides andwafflingis past. 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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