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词汇 wobbled
释义 wobbled
past simple and past participle ofwobble
wobble
verb
uk /ˈwɒb.əl/ us /ˈwɑː.bəl/

wobbleverb (MOVE)


[ I or T ]
to (cause something to) shake or move from side to side in a way that shows poor balance: (使)摇晃,(使)摇摆
That bookcase wobbles whenever you put anything on it.那个书架你一放东西就摇摇晃晃的。
Don't wobble the table, please, Dan.丹,别晃桌子好吗?
figurativeThe company's shares wobbled with the news of a foreign takeover bid.这家公司的股票由于外国公司收购的消息而波动。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shaking, swinging and vibrating
brandish
earth-shaking
flappy
flourish
fluff
fluff something up
reverberation
reverberative
ripple
rock-a-bye
shake out
shakily
shiver
sway
thrash
trembly
tremulously
vibrate
vibration
vibratory

wobbleverb (NOT CERTAIN)


[ I ]informal
to be uncertain what to do or to change repeatedly between two opinions: 拿不定主意;动摇;(在两种观点间)变来变去
The government can't afford to wobble on this issue.如果政府在这个问题上不作出果断决策就会付出巨大代价。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

Examples of wobbled


wobbled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


He wobbled; he sat on the fence; he was non-committal; he committed the abiding politicians' sin of failing to answer a simple question.
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It was nothing like that at all; he wobbled.
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He wobbled and wobbled and in the end had to admit that he could not do that.
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The motor-cyclist applied his brakes, wobbled, skidded, fell off and was taken to hospital.
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We wobbled between on policy and the other, and we missed our first chance.
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They have vacillated and wobbled on this all the time.
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They wobbled in their answers to questions yesterday and in their speeches today.
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On this issue he has wobbled all over the road.
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He has wobbled about on this issue like a demented political yo-yo.
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I do not say it was the will of the people that wobbled.
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It may be fair to sum it up by saying that it wobbled slightly against it.
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Of course, the patient wobbled.
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They have not thought out their strategy, and they have not been able to apply their minds to it because they have wobbled around under pressure from their diehards.
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Long ago, when we were learning to ride a bicycle, we may remember our experience as we wobbled along.
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Both of them have wobbled.
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