| 词汇 | shilly-shallied |
| 释义 | shilly-shallied past participle, past simple ofshilly-shally shilly-shally verb[ I ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈʃɪl.iˌʃæl.i/ us /ˈʃɪl.iˌʃæl.i/ to spend too much time doing something or making a decision because you do not know what is the right thing to do: 动摇不定;犹豫不决 Stop shilly-shallying and make a decision now!别再犹豫了，现在就作决定吧！ 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Doubt & ambivalence Examples of shilly-shalliedshilly-shallied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When they returned, having raised the money, the council shilly-shallied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Both have shilly-shallied, avoided and dodged the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have not shilly-shallied as we have in regard to this question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that, they shilly-shallied and talked small town stuff like a couple of debaters in a school debating society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Month after month, sowing time after sowing time, they have shilly-shallied and have delayed and evaded the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have not shilly-shallied about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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