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

• If you do hesitate between releasing and pressing the button at any time, you will have to go back to the beginning and start again as "he who hesitates is lost".
  如果你犹豫在放松的同时按下按钮，在任何时候，你将不得不回到起点，重新开始为“他是谁不愿失去”。
• One who hesitates ( out of fear).
  犹豫不决（由于恐惧）的人。
• As in tragedy, late in act three, the heroine hesitates.
  就象悲剧里一样在第三幕女主角犹豫了。
• He who hesitates is lost.
  迟疑者必有失。
• Good hesitates, good confused!
  好犹豫，好迷茫！
• Hamlet's character is too introversive, in addition, he is too careful and single-hand, which make him hesitates so as to delay his action. therefore, Hamlet perishes together with the enemy.
  性格过于内向、审慎及单枪匹马的处境，使他感到犹豫，造成他行动上的延宕。因此最后只能是与敌人同归于尽。
• 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。
• She has a heart of gold and never hesitates to involve herself where she can help others.
  她有一颗金子般的心，而且对自己能提供帮助的人毫不吝惜。
• 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。