| 词汇 | vacillating |
| 释义 | vacillating present 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 vacillatingvacillating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Moreover, his chain of thought is realistically and movingly depicted, vacillating as it does between hope and despair. However, he fails to see that even in a silent film the visual language of cinema can be equally vacillating and ambiguous. The creaking of a door, the cracking of the tone produced by a badly handled bow on a string instrument are examples of vacillating sounds. Social policy itself was increasingly vacillating between seeing older people as dependent social casualties, and seeing them as individuals capable of exercising choice. Interestingly, the extremes of the diagram meet: vacillating sound objects and accumulations can be very similar. From there on we proceed to increased spectral differentiation, inclusion of elements of contrasting sound spectrum, eventually spectral fluctuations with increasingly irregular pulse, until we arrive at the vacillating object. But what of the harvest that the country is reaping from this limp and vacillating policy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among soldiers and sailors and people generally there is an impression that vacillating political policies have been our undoing in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a vacillating policy for a great number of years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are six vacillating paragraphs on the subject with no real substance in any one of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their ideas and approaches to the matter have been vacillating from month to month. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question of vacillating; we wish to see the number of special constables increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their policy has been vacillating and uncertain to the last degree in regard to these trade questions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What fills us with alarm is a vacillating policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes party inclinations or natural weakness of character prove too strong and lead to partial or vacillating decisions. 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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