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词汇 seesawing
释义 seesawing
present participle ofseesaw
seesaw
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈsiː.sɔː/ us /ˈsiː.sɑː/
to change repeatedly from one emotion, situation, etc. to another and then back again: (情绪、局势等)摇摆不定,不断反复,交替
His mind seesawed between hope and despair all through those weeks.那几个星期里,他一会儿心怀希望,一会儿又感到绝望,心情变来变去。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Changing your mind
180
about-face
about-turn
back away
back out
cave in
climb down
cold
go back on something
have another think comingidiom
make a 180
make an about-face
make an about-turn
move
second thought
shift
shift (your) groundidiom
there's no turning backidiom
think againidiom
think better of somethingidiom

Examples of seesawing


seesawing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The pull of the opposing considerations (learners clearly do\\clearly don't generalize) is so strong that there's a danger of just seesawing uselessly between them.
How can one plan the future financial viability of an organisation against a background of seesawing financial and economic policies?
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Hansard archive

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London's ratepayers will be protected from seesawing rate demands for public transport.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I accept that that arrangement could cause a seesawing of production from each source, but that is unlikely once the investment in each has been made.
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Hansard archive

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This can result in a seesawing effect by which both organisms produce a mechanism that leads the other to increase the others spur and proboscis.
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Wikipedia

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Being on the bit is more than just a fancy head position; seesawing on the bit causes tension throughout the body.
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Wikipedia

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