hesitate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/    美 /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/|/ˈhez.ə.tæɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. intransitive
    — He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
  2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. intransitive
  3. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. poetic,rare,transitive
    — Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

词形变化

hesitates present,singular,third-person hesitating participle,present hesitated participle,past hesitated past hæsitate alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
falter mammer scruple waver boggle wobble deliberate halt waffle dither hesitate hover stand shilly-shally stick swither
反义词
damn the torpedoes decide brazen grasp the nettle go big or go home resolve shoot first and ask questions later shoot from the hip shoot from the lip shoot one's mouth off
上位词
doubt stop pause
衍生词
hesitant hesitater hesitating hesitation hesitative hesitatory
相关词
think twice vacillate

词源

Etymology tree
Latin haereō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
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Latin -tō
Latin -itō
Latin -titō
Latin haesitō
Latin haesitātusbor.
English hesitate
Borrowed from Latin haesitātus, perfect passive participle of haesitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive of haereō (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”). Displaced native Old English wandian. Compare French hésiter.
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