hesitant

英 [ˈhezɪtənt]

美 [ˈhezɪtənt]

adj.  犹豫的; 踌躇的; 不情愿的

Collins.1 / BNC.11262 / COCA.9455

牛津词典

adj.

• 犹豫的；踌躇的；不情愿的
  slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain, embarrassed or unwilling
  1. a hesitant smile
     勉强的微笑
  2. She's hesitant about signing the contract.
     她对是否签这个合同还犹豫不决。
  3. the baby's first few hesitant steps
     婴儿最初的迟疑的几步
  4. Doctors are hesitant to comment on the new treatment.
     医生们不愿对新疗法作出评论。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 犹豫的;迟疑不决的;有疑虑的;难为情的;不愿的
  If you arehesitant aboutdoing something, you do not do it quickly or immediately, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried.
  1. She was hesitant about coming forward with her story...
     她不大愿意站出来讲述自己的经历。
  2. His advisers are rightfully hesitant to let the United States be sucked into the conflict.
     他的顾问们都理所当然地有所犹豫，不愿让美国卷入冲突之中。
  3. ...a quiet hesitant voice.
     轻柔而迟疑的声音

英英释义

adj

• lacking decisiveness of character
  Synonym:hesitating

双语例句

• If you are hesitant in your ability to achieve something, you may never start it.
  如果你觉得你的能力在达到某目的方面不够自信的话，你就不要选择开始。
• What matters is what we do when we're hesitant or nervous or afraid.
  重要的是当我们犹豫、紧张、害怕时我们做了什么。
• Why am I so hesitant about taking on this challenge?
  为什么接受挑战时我如此踌躇不定？
• He had emerged from being a hesitant and unsure candidate into a fluent debater.
  他从一个吞吞吐吐、缺乏自信的候选人成长为口若悬河的辩论者。
• I don't knowwhy I was so hesitant.
  我不知道为什么我曾经那么犹豫。
• Yet you are hesitant because of a perceived risk.
  然而，由于你意识到存在某种风险，你犹豫了。
• I was hesitant, and this readily available for tender, let me hesitate.
  我却是犹豫了，这随手可得的温柔，却让我犹豫。
• His advisers are rightfully hesitant to let the United States be sucked into the conflict.
  他的顾问们都理所当然地有所犹豫，不愿让美国卷入冲突之中。
• I was hesitant to talk and had no idea what I should say.
  我犹豫了一下没有说话，想不到该说什么。
• The result has been a more hesitant approach to market-opening and domestic reforms.
  其结果是，中国对市场开放和国内改革问题更为犹豫。