dither

英 [ˈdɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈdɪðər]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
n.  犹豫不决; 踌躇; 紧张; 焦虑; 慌乱

过去式：dithered　现在分词：dithering　过去分词：dithered　复数：dithers　第三人称单数：dithers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18861 / COCA.25282

牛津词典

verb

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide
  1. She was dithering over what to wear.
     她拿不定主意穿什么好。
  2. Stop dithering and get on with it.
     别再犹豫了，继续干吧。

noun

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  a state of not being able to decide what you should do
  1. I'm in a dither about who to invite.
     我拿不定主意邀请谁。
• 紧张；焦虑；慌乱
  a state of excitement or worry
  1. Don't get yourself in a dither over everything.
     不要什么事都紧张兮兮的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫不决;踌躇
  When someonedithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.
  1. We're still dithering over whether to marry...
     我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
  2. If you have been dithering about buying shares, now could be the time to do it.
     如果你一直在犹豫是否要买股票，现在或许是买的时候了。

英英释义

noun

• an excited state of agitation
  1. he was in a dither
  2. there was a terrible flap about the theft
  Synonym:potherfusstizzyflap

verb

• make a fuss
  Synonym:flappother
• act nervously

双语例句

• Dither – Applies a sampling over the borders of the shadows, quite the same way anti-aliasing is applied by the OSA button on the borders of an object.
  抖动－在阴影边界应用采样，相同地，通过OSA按钮在物体边界应用反走样。
• Mr Obama also had good reason to dither over this particular conflict.
  奥巴马也有充分的理由对这场冲突犹豫不决。
• 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。
• A new type of dither mechanism with high performance is designed by using this method.
  从而找到了一套设计抖动机构的新方法，并运用此方法设计制造了一种性能优良的抖动机构。
• He's in a terrible dither, poor soul.
  他紧张得慌了手脚，可怜的家伙。
• He tends to get all of a dither when there are many possible choices.
  面临很多选择时，他便会犹豫不决。
• A dither controller should have an amplitude control loop and a resonant frequency-track loop.
  通过对抖动控制器的分析，得出了抖动控制器必须具有幅度控制环和频率跟踪环两个控制环路的结论。
• Around my office there is an enormous choice of different sandwich bars and every day I dither between them.
  在我的办公室周围，有很多不同的三明治餐厅，每天我都会因为要在其中进行选择而紧张不安。
• We're still dithering over whether to marry
  我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
• Other banks are hoarding earnings or shrinking assets, or the reverse, choosing to ramp up risk again while regulators dither.
  其它银行要么在囤积收益、削减资产规模，要么反过来，选择在监管机构犹豫不决之际提高风险水平。