vacillate

英 [ˈvæsəleɪt]

美 [ˈvæsəleɪt]

v.  观点(或立场等)摇摆; 动摇

过去式：vacillated　现在分词：vacillating　第三人称单数：vacillates　过去分词：vacillated　

GRE

BNC.33133 / COCA.22784

牛津词典

verb

• 观点（或立场等）摇摆；动摇
  to keep changing your opinion or thoughts about sth, especially in a way that annoys other people

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫不定;踌躇;拿不定主意
  If youvacillate betweentwo alternatives or choices, you keep changing your mind.
  1. She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she...
     她犹豫不决，不知道是该选择年龄比她大一倍的男人还是比她小的男人。
  2. We cannot vacillate on the question of the party's leadership.
     在党的领导权问题上我们不能动摇。

英英释义

verb

• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  1. the line on the monitor vacillated
  Synonym:fluctuatewaver
• be undecided about something
  1. He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
  Synonym:hovervibrateoscillate

双语例句

• Don't vacillate about asking for assistance if you need it.
  如果需要的话，不要犹豫向别人寻求帮助。
• We, too, may vacillate or hesitate, even trip.
  我们也会有犹豫不决、迟疑，甚至跌倒的时候。
• He or she cannot vacillate over every tiny decision.
  他或她在每个小的决定上不能有半点犹豫。
• Studying the influence exerted on the measurement result by square four point probe and line four point probe vacillate.
  研究了方形四探针和直线四探针探针游移对测试结果的影响；
• Vacillate between two opinions
  在两种意见之间游移不定
• Your emotional state will vacillate You can convince anyone of anything.
  你能说服任何人任何事。
• Precisely because their motives and their standpoints differ, some will vacillate or turn traitor at the very start of the struggle, some will become indifferent or withdraw from the fight midway, and some will determinedly fight to the end.
  正因为他们的动机与立场各有不同，有的在斗争开始时就要动摇叛变的，有的会在中途消极或退出战线的，有的愿意奋斗到底的。
• With so much disagreement it is no surprise that policymakers are unsure and vacillate.
  经济学家的观点存在如此大的分歧，难怪政策制定者缺乏信心、摇摆不定。
• Without doubt, the national bourgeoisie tends to vacillate, but we should, nevertheless, make use of its positive side, uniting with it as well as struggling against it.
  民族资产阶级当然是动摇的，但是要利用它的积极的一面，要有团结有斗争。
• Influenced by the western medicine, the independent existence of traditional Chinese medicine began to vacillate generally.
  受西医东渐的影响，传统中医学独立存在的局面逐渐动摇。