| 词汇 | shilly-shally |
| 释义 | 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 gun-shy halting haltingly hang hang back have a foot in both campsidiom hem and hawidiom hesitancy hesitant hesitantly hesitate hum hum and hawidiom pussyfoot sit on the fenceidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Doubt & ambivalence Examples of shilly-shallyshilly-shally We are suffering now from shilly-shally in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He ought to be proud of it, and he ought to condemn this shilly-shally policy which we have had so far. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not want to shilly-shally and hang around. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall not shilly-shally over that one much longer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The driver concerned did not shilly-shally about the matter, but said that his mind was on other things at the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So we should not shilly-shally on this: we should get on and sign it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We shall never shilly-shally about who is responsible for it, or make excuses for the criminals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot afford to shilly-shally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it will not shilly-shally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shilly-shally at any level between the working level and the top is corrosive of morale. 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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