| 词汇 | hesitated |
| 释义 | hesitated past simple and past participle ofhesitate hesitate verb[ I ] uk /ˈhez.ɪ.teɪt/ us /ˈhez.ə.teɪt/ B2 to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it: 犹豫，踌躇 She hesitated slightly before answering the detective's question.在回答警探的问题之前，她稍稍犹豫了一下。 "Do you love me?" she asked. He hesitated and then said, "I'm not sure."“你爱我吗？”她问道。他犹豫了一下，然后说：“我不确定。” [ + to infinitive ]If you need anything, don't hesitate to call me.如果你需要什么，马上给我打电话。 Should you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. He hesitated before ringing her, fearful of what she might say. He hesitated before opening the door and walking into the room. She hesitated in the middle of the sentence. He sounded nervous, and kept hesitating as he spoke. Hesitating backward broken English dilly-dally dither ditherer foot halting haltingly hang hang back have a foot in both campsidiom haw hesitant hesitantly hesitate hesitatingly hesitation hum sit sit on the fenceidiom Examples of hesitatedhesitated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Elders clearly hesitated to break apart these unions, illicit though they were. He hesitated, waiting for me to say something. It hesitated to reduce interest rates after devaluation for fear of fuelling in-ation. Unable to decide one way or another, congressmen hesitated over this unpromising situation. Despite the fact that most participants interviewed are arguably practicing applied linguists, many of them hesitated to identify themselves as such. But while the victim hesitated, he made an effort to grab the keys from her and eventually wrestled them from her grasp. If he hesitated, or the action failed, he could be accused of surrendering to government pressure. If they hesitated they were given encouragement, and the question was repeated if they answered incorrectly. At the same time, it is clear, however, that he hesitated to wholeheartedly subscribe to unproved views. If they hesitated, perhaps looking for words to express their thoughts, they were encouraged to explain them further. Conservatives hesitated to co-operate with a movement that attacked ' reactionaries'. Perhaps he hesitated to reuse a composition that had not only been performed but also reviewed. She stopped at the edge of the circle and hesitated, realizing evidently that she had come too late for the feeding. Many unscrupulous companies haven't hesitated to imitate the shape of the bottle and the label. On reaching the barrier all hesitated, but finally 46 crossed whilst 4 skirted round the moist area. 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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