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词汇 waver
释义 waver
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈweɪ.vər/ us /ˈweɪ.vɚ/
to lose strength, determination, or purpose, especially temporarily: (尤指暂时地)动摇
I'm afraid my concentration began to waver as lunch approached.恐怕我的注意力在临近午饭时要开始下降了。
He has never wavered in his support for the leader.他对领袖的支持从未动摇过。
If you waver between two possibilities, you cannot decide which of them to choose or you keep choosing one way and then the other: (在两个选择之间)踌躇,犹豫不决
"What are you going to have?" "Er, I'm wavering between the soup and the mushroom quiche."“你要吃什么?”“哦,我正在犹豫是喝汤还是吃乳蛋饼。”
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Doubt & ambivalence

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wavering

waver | American Dictionary


waver
verb[ I ]
us/ˈweɪ·vər/
to begin to doubt or lose your determination to do something:
He never wavered as the leading voice of African-Americans’ call for freedom and equality.
If you waver between two possibilities, you have difficulty deciding between them:
She wavered between believing him and thinking that he was lying.

Examples of waver


waver
From an organizational standpoint, the text wavers between being organized around applications and methodologies.
Amid this ministerial reshuffle, his attention never wavered from the public.
They had urged comfort care only, but the family had wavered.
The result was an agreement implying significant improvements to most social security benefits and thus contributing to the wavering fiscal policy.
As a result, this type of theatre wavers between three options.
The ®lms wavered between the dramatic tension resulting from women's weakness, a fragility which was likely to ruin their marriage and family, and the humdrum nature of provincial life.
However, the municipal government has not wavered.
The intended audience wavers back and forth between students and colleagues.
They have wavered between saying that the price of carpets is too high, and that the price is too low.
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When citizens see their governments wavering from one to the other, who can blame them if they feel alien to the process itself?
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I have never wavered in my view that a man should not be put in jeopardy a second time.
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I have not wavered in my judgment that the total amount of £100 million was about the right figure.
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They have temporised, wavered at home and blustered abroad.
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There are those who wavered, but the alliance came through unscathed.
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I have wavered on that over the years.
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