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。
• 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。
• But in moments like this, the things which one sees vacillate and are precipitated, and one pauses for nothing.
  但是在那样的时刻，人们所见到的事都是在瞬息万变之中，注意力不会停留在某一件事物上。
• Vacillate between two opinions
  在两种意见之间游移不定
• 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。
• 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。
• In other historical circumstances, the Chinese national bourgeoisie will vacillate and defect because of its economic and political flabbiness.
  由于中国民族资产阶级在经济上、治上的软弱性，在另一种历史环境下，它就会动摇变节。
• He or she cannot vacillate over every tiny decision.
  他或她在每个小的决定上不能有半点犹豫。
• To vacillate in one's actions or decisions.
  举棋不定在行动与决定之间犹豫不决。
• 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。