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

• To waste time, especially in indecision; dawdle or vacillate.
  磨蹭浪费时间，尤指犹豫不定；闲混或踌躇。
• 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。
• Studying the influence exerted on the measurement result by square four point probe and line four point probe vacillate.
  研究了方形四探针和直线四探针探针游移对测试结果的影响；
• 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。
• 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。
• I tend to vacillate between admiration and pity for him.
  我对他往往是既钦佩又怜悯。
• 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。
• We, too, may vacillate or hesitate, even trip.
  我们也会有犹豫不决、迟疑，甚至跌倒的时候。
• To undergo frequent abrupt shifts or reversals, as of opinion or emotion; vacillate.
  犹豫不决经常突然变换或彻底改变看法或感情；犹豫。
• If weakness is the reason for its inability to change its attitude, why did the national bourgeoisie behave differently in1924-27when it did not merely vacillate towards the revolution but actually joined it?
  如果不能改变态度的原因，是民族资产阶级的软弱性，那末，一九二四年至一九二七年为什么改变了他们的常态，不仅是动摇，简直是参加了革命呢？