| 词汇 | vacillated |
| 释义 | vacillated past simple and past participle ofvacillate vacillate verb[ I ] disapprovinguk /ˈvæs.ɪ.leɪt/ us /ˈvæs.ə.leɪt/ to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two opinions: 踌躇；犹豫；摇摆不定 Her mood vacillated between hope and despair.她时而心怀希望，时而感到绝望。 Doubt & ambivalence ambivalence ambivalent ambivalently askance be in two mindsidiom fence-sitting have a foot in both campsidiom haw hem hem and hawidiom noncommittally nonconcern nonplussed quandary rudderless vacillation warily wary waver wavering Related wordvacillation Examples of vacillatedvacillated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Françoise often vacillated between periods of immense suffering and periods of relative calm, in which she felt she had recovered fully. Grant vacillated about patronage recommendations, first submitting a name, then withdrawing it, then promising to make a change only to break his word after visits from the other camp. They have pleaded and pleaded, while others have marked time, vacillated and discouraged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have vacillated and wobbled on this all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have never tried to institute the proper machinery to promote this development, but have vacillated between varying opinions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So far as the policy of the administration of law and order is concerned, they have vacillated from one thing to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The exchange rate has vacillated in a deeply damaging way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, policy has vacillated from one extreme to the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the whole history of the world, have we ever known of men who vacillated and hesitated to triumph? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Day by day, he has not so much vacillated as veered crazily from one extreme to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Others have vacillated between indifference and outright hostility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My interest then vacillated very greatly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole position is untenable, weak, and vacillating: he has vacillated several times already, and we finally appeal to him to vacillate once more and to complete the process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I vacillated from one view to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not knowing what vocation to choose after graduating, he vacillated among business, the ministry, medicine, and law. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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