hesitate 音标拼音: [h'ɛzət
, et]
vi . 犹豫,迟疑,踌躇,支吾
犹豫,迟疑,踌躇,支吾
hesitate v 1 :
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness ;
"
Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures " [
synonym :
{
hesitate }, {
waver }, {
waffle }]
2 :
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing ; "
The speaker paused " [
synonym : {
hesitate }, {
pause }]
Hesitate \
Hes "
i *
tate \,
v .
t .
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner . [
Poetic &
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Just hint a fault ,
and hesitate dislike . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
Hesitate \
Hes "
i *
tate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Hesitated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Hesitating }.] [
L .
haesitatus ,
p .
p .
of haesitare ,
intens .
fr .
haerere to hesitate ,
stick fast ;
to hang or hold fast .
Cf . {
Aghast }, {
Gaze }, {
Adhere }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To stop or pause respecting decision or action ;
to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination ;
as ,
he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not ;
men often hesitate in forming a judgment . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To stammer ;
to falter in speaking .
Syn :
To doubt ;
waver ;
scruple ;
deliberate ;
demur ;
falter ;
stammer .
[
1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hesitate ":
alternate ,
back down ,
balance ,
balk ,
be dilatory ,
blench ,
boggle ,
call a recess ,
debate ,
delay ,
deliberate ,
demur ,
dither ,
equivocate ,
falter ,
fear ,
fight shy of ,
filibuster ,
flinch ,
fluctuate ,
fumble ,
gain time ,
halt ,
hang ,
hang back ,
hang fire ,
hang in doubt ,
hang off ,
have qualms ,
haver ,
haw ,
hem ,
hem and haw ,
hold back ,
hold off ,
hover ,
hum ,
hum and haw ,
jib ,
let up ,
make bones about ,
make time ,
mammer ,
pause ,
play for time ,
ponder ,
procrastinate ,
pull back ,
quail ,
recess ,
recoil ,
rest ,
retreat ,
scruple ,
shilly -
shally ,
shrink ,
shrink from ,
shy ,
shy at ,
splutter ,
sputter ,
stall ,
stall for time ,
stall off ,
stammer ,
stick at ,
stickle ,
stooge around ,
stop to consider ,
straddle the fence ,
strain ,
strain at ,
stumble ,
stutter ,
take a recess ,
talk against time ,
temporize ,
tergiversate ,
think twice ,
think twice about ,
vacillate ,
wait ,
waver ,
wince ,
withdraw ,
yield
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