hesitates

英 [ˈhezɪteɪts]

美 [ˈhezɪteɪts]

v.  (对某事)犹豫，迟疑不决; 顾虑; 疑虑
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫;迟疑;踌躇
  If youhesitate, you do not speak or act for a short time, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried about what you are going to say or do.
  1. The telephone rang. Catherine hesitated, debating whether to answer it...
     电话响了。凯瑟琳犹豫了一下要不要去接。
  2. She hesitated a long time and then she said 'Yes'.
     她犹豫了很长时间，然后才说“行”。
• VERB （因有顾虑而）不愿意（做某事）
  If youhesitate todo something, you delay doing it or are unwilling to do it, usually because you are not certain it would be right. If you do nothesitate todo something, you do it immediately.
  1. Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating...
     一些家长不愿意采取这些措施，因为他们怀疑自己的孩子在夸大其词。
  2. I hesitated to apply the word 'vulnerable' to him but it came into my mind...
     我不愿用“脆弱”这个词来形容他，但它却突然出现在我脑子里了。
  3. I will not hesitate to take unpopular decisions.
     我会毫不犹豫地作出并不受欢迎的决定。
• VERB 尽管给我打电话/ 尽管和我们联系
  You can usehesitatein expressions such as 'don't hesitate to call me' or 'don't hesitate to contact us' when you are telling someone that they should do something as soon as it needs to be done and should not worry about disturbing other people.
  1. In the event of difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department...
     如果遇到困难，请尽管和我们的客户服务部联系。
  2. Please don't hesitate to tell either Mr Schrader or myself should you feel ill again...
     如果你再觉得不舒服，请尽管告诉施拉德尔先生或我本人。
  3. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.
     只要觉得好笑就尽管笑。

双语例句

• He who hesitates is lost.
  迟疑者必有失。
• The woman that deliberates [ who hesitates] is lost.
  犹疑不决的女子必然吃亏。
• He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation
  他离开前有些犹豫，几乎像是他一直期望能够交谈点什么。
• In common conversation he seems to have no choice of words; he hesitates and blunders; and yet, good god! How he writes!
  平常谈话时，他看上去不善言谈，支支吾吾，还辞不达意，可是老天，你看他写的东西！
• However, the fundamental reason of his tragedy lies in his tragic flaw, that is, he always hesitates and lives in illusion rather than reality.
  但是根本原因却要归结到裘德的悲剧性性格缺陷，他性格中致命的缺陷就是摇摆不定和耽于幻想。
• The longer the ECB hesitates, the larger the rescue will have to be in the long run.
  欧洲央行迟疑的时间越长，从长远来看，必须付出的纾困代价就会越大。
• If it does not understand a thing, it never hesitates to ask for an explanation.
  如果不明白什么，永远都毫不犹豫的要求解释。
• Good hesitates, good confused!
  好犹豫，好迷茫！
• Hamlet's character is too introversive, in addition, he is too careful and single-hand, which make him hesitates so as to delay his action. therefore, Hamlet perishes together with the enemy.
  性格过于内向、审慎及单枪匹马的处境，使他感到犹豫，造成他行动上的延宕。因此最后只能是与敌人同归于尽。
• Since the law never hesitates to borrow wisdom from other disciplines, Stevenson's quote is an apt summation of the doctrine of Stare Decisis.
  法律从来都很愿意向其他的学科汲取智慧，史蒂文森的话是对遵循先例的一种概括。