vacillate
英 [ˈvæsəleɪt]
美 [ˈvæsəleɪt]
v. 观点(或立场等)摇摆; 动摇
过去式：vacillated 现在分词：vacillating 第三人称单数：vacillates 过去分词：vacillated
BNC.33133 / COCA.22784
牛津词典
verb
- 观点（或立场等）摇摆；动摇
to keep changing your opinion or thoughts about sth, especially in a way that annoys other people
柯林斯词典
- VERB 犹豫不定;踌躇;拿不定主意
If youvacillate betweentwo alternatives or choices, you keep changing your mind.- She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she...
她犹豫不决，不知道是该选择年龄比她大一倍的男人还是比她小的男人。 - We cannot vacillate on the question of the party's leadership.
在党的领导权问题上我们不能动摇。
- She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she...
英英释义
verb
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- the line on the monitor vacillated
- be undecided about something
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
双语例句
- With so much disagreement it is no surprise that policymakers are unsure and vacillate.
经济学家的观点存在如此大的分歧，难怪政策制定者缺乏信心、摇摆不定。 - 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。 - On the one hand they dislike imperialism, and on the other they fear thorough revolution, and they vacillate between the two.
他们一方面不喜欢帝国主义，一方面又怕革命的彻底性，他们在这二者之间动摇着。 - To vacillate in one's actions or decisions.
举棋不定在行动与决定之间犹豫不决。 - Don't vacillate about asking for assistance if you need it.
如果需要的话，不要犹豫向别人寻求帮助。 - To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.
磨蹭浪费时间，尤指犹豫不定；闲混或踌躇。 - We, too, may vacillate or hesitate, even trip.
我们也会有犹豫不决、迟疑，甚至跌倒的时候。 - An elephant walks like this and that. When a typhoon strikes, the wavering elements who cannot withstand it begin to vacillate. That's a law.
大象摇摇摆摆地走着。台风一刮，动摇分子挡不住，就要摇摆，这是规律。 - Without doubt, the national bourgeoisie tends to vacillate, but we should, nevertheless, make use of its positive side, uniting with it as well as struggling against it.
民族资产阶级当然是动摇的，但是要利用它的积极的一面，要有团结有斗争。 - Be in substantially, this kind sophisticated be to rely on to prove fundamental inaccuracy to achieve be able to achieve success one way or another surely, root is decision criteria of the vacillate in arguing.
在本质上，这种诡辩是靠论证基础的不确定来达到左右逢源的，根子是在辩论中游移判定标准。