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　

GRE

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  1. the line on the monitor vacillated
  Synonym:fluctuatewaver
• be undecided about something
  1. He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
  Synonym:hovervibrateoscillate

双语例句

• I tend to vacillate between admiration and pity for him.
  我对他往往是既钦佩又怜悯。
• 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。
• However, while we vacillate between various interpretive literary critical theories, we forget to take into account the artistic and aesthetic value inherent in literary works as a form of art.
  但正当我们在各种诠释理论、文学批评理论间游移徘徊之时我们却忽略了文学作品作为一种艺术形式本该具有的艺术和审美价值。
• They vacillate between these two, unable to see that theres a perfect median.
  他们在两者之间跳跃，却忽视了其实有一个完美的中间状态。
• But a few cadres started to vacillate.
  但是，也有少数人起了波动。
• 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。
• 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。
• Precisely because their motives and their standpoints differ, some will vacillate or turn traitor at the very start of the struggle, some will become indifferent or withdraw from the fight midway, and some will determinedly fight to the end.
  正因为他们的动机与立场各有不同，有的在斗争开始时就要动摇叛变的，有的会在中途消极或退出战线的，有的愿意奋斗到底的。
• To vacillate between hope and fear
  在希望和恐惧之间踌躇不决
• Swinging Angle Detection Based on the Testing Apparatus of Cycle Life of Universal Joint When a typhoon strikes, the wavering elements who cannot withstand it begin to vacillate. That's a law.
  基于万向节周期寿命试验台的万向节摆角检测台风一刮，动摇分子挡不住，就要摇摆，这是规律。