dither

英 [ˈdɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈdɪðər]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
n.  犹豫不决; 踌躇; 紧张; 焦虑; 慌乱

过去式：dithered　现在分词：dithering　过去分词：dithered　复数：dithers　第三人称单数：dithers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18861 / COCA.25282

牛津词典

verb

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide
  1. She was dithering over what to wear.
     她拿不定主意穿什么好。
  2. Stop dithering and get on with it.
     别再犹豫了，继续干吧。

noun

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  a state of not being able to decide what you should do
  1. I'm in a dither about who to invite.
     我拿不定主意邀请谁。
• 紧张；焦虑；慌乱
  a state of excitement or worry
  1. Don't get yourself in a dither over everything.
     不要什么事都紧张兮兮的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫不决;踌躇
  When someonedithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.
  1. We're still dithering over whether to marry...
     我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
  2. If you have been dithering about buying shares, now could be the time to do it.
     如果你一直在犹豫是否要买股票，现在或许是买的时候了。

英英释义

noun

• an excited state of agitation
  1. he was in a dither
  2. there was a terrible flap about the theft
  Synonym:potherfusstizzyflap

verb

• make a fuss
  Synonym:flappother
• act nervously

双语例句

• And the Fed has perhaps learned that it is better to act swiftly rather than dither.
  联合理事会也许已经学会了更好的快速执行而不是犹豫不决。
• In the algorithm, dither modulation is adopted, and the motion feature and texture feature are used as side information to determine the adaptive quantification step of every frame.
  该算法以抖动调制为基础，以视频帧的运动特征和纹理特征作为边信息，自适应地确定抖动调制的量化步长。
• Some of the public thought it looked as if she felt she had something to prove, or as if she were afraid of her own femininity; as if this was a sign that as a leader she would dither in important matters, as well.
  在一些民众看来，这副打扮显得希拉里认为自己必须证明点什么，或者她是在害怕自己身上的女性特质，这似乎也是一个信号，表明她作为领导人遇到大事时会犹豫不决。
• Several main frequency-biasing techniques were introduced, and rate bias technique was compared with dither bias technique.
  综述了几种主要的偏频技术，比较了目前卓有成效的速率偏频技术和机械抖动偏频技术；
• They may dither, and vacillate between denial and acceptance, and this is quite common.
  他们可能会踌躇，并且在否认与接受之间犹豫，这很普通。
• Nothing irritates the regular customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order.
  酒吧常客和酒保最腻味的就是一大夥人堵在吧台边，一边聊著一边又犹豫不知喝什麽酒好。
• It has allowed politicians to dither ( particularly in the euro zone) and to put off tough fiscal choices.
  它使政治家们举步不前（特别是在欧元区），推迟了困难的财政选择。
• It artificially softens the borders of shadows; when the Samples is set very low, you can expect poor results, so Dither is better used with medium Samples values.
  这样可以逼真地锐化阴影的边界；当采样值很低时，效果很差，所以抖动和中度采样值一起使用。
• He tends to get all of a dither when there are many possible choices.
  面临很多选择时，他便会犹豫不决。
• A dither controller should have an amplitude control loop and a resonant frequency-track loop.
  通过对抖动控制器的分析，得出了抖动控制器必须具有幅度控制环和频率跟踪环两个控制环路的结论。