hesitates

英 [ˈhezɪteɪts]

美 [ˈhezɪteɪts]

v.  (对某事)犹豫，迟疑不决; 顾虑; 疑虑
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫;迟疑;踌躇
  If youhesitate, you do not speak or act for a short time, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried about what you are going to say or do.
  1. The telephone rang. Catherine hesitated, debating whether to answer it...
     电话响了。凯瑟琳犹豫了一下要不要去接。
  2. She hesitated a long time and then she said 'Yes'.
     她犹豫了很长时间，然后才说“行”。
• VERB （因有顾虑而）不愿意（做某事）
  If youhesitate todo something, you delay doing it or are unwilling to do it, usually because you are not certain it would be right. If you do nothesitate todo something, you do it immediately.
  1. Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating...
     一些家长不愿意采取这些措施，因为他们怀疑自己的孩子在夸大其词。
  2. I hesitated to apply the word 'vulnerable' to him but it came into my mind...
     我不愿用“脆弱”这个词来形容他，但它却突然出现在我脑子里了。
  3. I will not hesitate to take unpopular decisions.
     我会毫不犹豫地作出并不受欢迎的决定。
• VERB 尽管给我打电话/ 尽管和我们联系
  You can usehesitatein expressions such as 'don't hesitate to call me' or 'don't hesitate to contact us' when you are telling someone that they should do something as soon as it needs to be done and should not worry about disturbing other people.
  1. In the event of difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department...
     如果遇到困难，请尽管和我们的客户服务部联系。
  2. Please don't hesitate to tell either Mr Schrader or myself should you feel ill again...
     如果你再觉得不舒服，请尽管告诉施拉德尔先生或我本人。
  3. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.
     只要觉得好笑就尽管笑。

双语例句

• I wish she could understand how much more you can love a man who is careful to powder the baby or who never hesitates to play with his child.
  我希望她理解，她将会更加地爱他，爱这个会仔细地为婴儿搽粉，又或者会不厌其烦的和他的孩子玩耍的男人。
• He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation
  他离开前有些犹豫，几乎像是他一直期望能够交谈点什么。
• He hesitates, second guesses himself, or doesn't put on a trade at all, in spite of any number of clear signals to do so.
  虽然有一些明确的信号叫他行动，但他变得犹豫、猜测或根本不交易。
• Now, our administrative interpretation system is full of contradictions, and theory research hesitates to move forward, so that administrative interpretation is immersed in crisis.
  目前，我国行政解释在体制上矛盾重重，在理论研究上裹足不前，致使行政解释的命运岌岌可危。
• Good hesitates, good confused!
  好犹豫，好迷茫！
• If he hesitates, ask him to try it for a month or two.
  如果他犹豫，请他尝试为一个月或两个月。
• He hesitates about joining the expedition.
  他对于是否参加远征队犹豫不决。
• The woman that deliberates [ who hesitates] is lost.
  犹疑不决的女子必然吃亏。
• If it does not understand a thing, it never hesitates to ask for an explanation.
  如果不明白什么，永远都毫不犹豫的要求解释。
• What about the woman who hesitates to breast-feed because she has to go back to work?
  那些因为要重返工作岗位而不愿给孩子哺乳的妇女怎么样？