vacillate: 犹豫; to waver in mind, will, or feeling 1) to sway physically; to be indecisive 2) to sway or fluctuate; to waver in feeling or hesitate in making a decision 3) to waver; to sway back and forth; to fluctuate or oscillate; 4) to waver in attitude; show indecision 5) to waver; to sway indecisively 相近词汇: oscillate, stagger, swing; alternate, hedge, pause, dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, waver vacillationresolution vacillateequipoise, stand firm, resolve firmly, resolute vacillate : indecision = bristle : anger 1. The customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocky road ice cream. 2. Roberta vacillated for so long that by the time she decided to go to the show, the tickets were all sold out. 3. It is not unusual for ones position on an issue to vacillate as more and better information becomes available. 4. Homer and Marge often vacillate on where to go for their summer vacation. vacillating, vacillation -equipoise: to equal or offset in weight; balance. Vacillate: to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger. vacillation constancy vacillation impetuosity |