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

• 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？
• Some of them still have doubts, their stand is not yet firm and they vacillate in moments of stress. Know what you believe in and stick to it. Nothing loses you respect quicker than inconsistency.
  其中有些人还有怀疑，还没有站稳脚跟，一遇风浪就会左右摇摆。清楚自己的想法并坚持。左右摇摆会让你在别人心目中的形象大打折扣。
• 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。
• Without doubt, the national bourgeoisie tends to vacillate, but we should, nevertheless, make use of its positive side, uniting with it as well as struggling against it.
  民族资产阶级当然是动摇的，但是要利用它的积极的一面，要有团结有斗争。
• 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。
• Influenced by the western medicine, the independent existence of traditional Chinese medicine began to vacillate generally.
  受西医东渐的影响，传统中医学独立存在的局面逐渐动摇。
• Vacillate between two opinions
  在两种意见之间游移不定
• 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。
• They vacillate between these two, unable to see that theres a perfect median.
  他们在两者之间跳跃，却忽视了其实有一个完美的中间状态。
• 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。