hesitant

Word family

hes·i·tant /ˈhezɪtənt/ adjectiveadj

NOT SUREuncertain about what to do or say because you are nervous or unwilling 犹豫的，迟疑的，有疑虑的

Gail gave me a hesitant little smile.

盖尔迟疑地对我微微一笑。

hesitant about (doing) something

They seemed hesitant about coming in.

他们似乎犹豫着该不该进来。

hesitant to do something

She is hesitant to draw conclusions until the study is over.

她不愿在研究结束之前下结论。

—hesitantly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

hesitant• In a changing job market, employees are hesitant.• There are lots of ceramics books, postcards and other visual stimuli around the shop, too, to help the hesitant.• I was hesitant about approaching the boss directly.• Yet, some large publishers are still hesitant about committing any money to a black magazine project.• They seemed anxious and hesitant about leaving, as if uncertain of which direction to take.• He was a little hesitant at first, but soon he had told her everything.• A hesitant hand to her mouth, a rather bemused smile in her eyes, she watched him walk away.• He answered in his usual shy, hesitant manner.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• It is not surprising that the government was hesitant to introduce such major reforms.

hesitant to do something• The scientists were hesitant to accept the claims of such a nonentity as Richter without corroboration.• However, Richard Baxter was hesitant to accept this offer for other reasons also.• Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.• Officials with the AFL-CIO were hesitant to discuss the administration plan because they said they had not seen details of the proposal.• I would have been pleased had Peter been somewhat hesitant to grant me a one-week leave of absence.• Conversely the under-confident person may be hesitant to predict danger or to react to it with sufficient purpose or determination.• In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.• In a reactionary decade there are many who will not be hesitant to use such state-ments to confirm their former views.

hes·i·tant adjectiveadj

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 11262 COCA: 9455

hesitant adj.
⇨ hesitant (a hesitant reply) ⇨ unsure (hesitant about sth) hesitant

adjective

hesitant

♦︎

faltering

♦︎

uncertain

♦︎

tentative

♦︎

haltingThese words all describe a way of doing sth that is not confident or certain. 这些词均表示犹豫的、踌躇的。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆hesitant / faltering / uncertain / tentative / halting steps

◆a hesitant / a faltering / an uncertain / a halting voice

◆hesitant / halting speech

◆a hesitant / an uncertain / a tentative smile

■ hesitant

ˈhezɪtənt

[only before noun]

showing that you are slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain, embarrassed or unwilling 犹豫的；踌躇的；不情愿的

◆It was a few seconds before she heard a hesitant reply.几秒钟后她才听到对方支支吾吾地回答她。

◆Holding his hand, she managed to take her first few hesitant steps.她拉着他的手，迟疑地迈出了最初几步。

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