dither

英 [ˈdɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈdɪðər]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
n.  犹豫不决; 踌躇; 紧张; 焦虑; 慌乱

过去式：dithered　现在分词：dithering　过去分词：dithered　复数：dithers　第三人称单数：dithers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18861 / COCA.25282

牛津词典

verb

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide
  1. She was dithering over what to wear.
     她拿不定主意穿什么好。
  2. Stop dithering and get on with it.
     别再犹豫了，继续干吧。

noun

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  a state of not being able to decide what you should do
  1. I'm in a dither about who to invite.
     我拿不定主意邀请谁。
• 紧张；焦虑；慌乱
  a state of excitement or worry
  1. Don't get yourself in a dither over everything.
     不要什么事都紧张兮兮的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫不决;踌躇
  When someonedithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.
  1. We're still dithering over whether to marry...
     我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
  2. If you have been dithering about buying shares, now could be the time to do it.
     如果你一直在犹豫是否要买股票，现在或许是买的时候了。

英英释义

noun

• an excited state of agitation
  1. he was in a dither
  2. there was a terrible flap about the theft
  Synonym:potherfusstizzyflap

verb

• make a fuss
  Synonym:flappother
• act nervously

双语例句

• Around my office there is an enormous choice of different sandwich bars and every day I dither between them.
  在我的办公室周围，有很多不同的三明治餐厅，每天我都会因为要在其中进行选择而紧张不安。
• In the algorithm, dither modulation is adopted, and the motion feature and texture feature are used as side information to determine the adaptive quantification step of every frame.
  该算法以抖动调制为基础，以视频帧的运动特征和纹理特征作为边信息，自适应地确定抖动调制的量化步长。
• A new type of dither mechanism with high performance is designed by using this method.
  从而找到了一套设计抖动机构的新方法，并运用此方法设计制造了一种性能优良的抖动机构。
• Study in Digital Dither Bias Technique of Ring Laser Gyroscope
  环形激光陀螺数字抖动偏频技术研究
• We're still dithering over whether to marry
  我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
• Pat is in a bit of a dither about what to wear for the interview.
  帕特有点紧张，不知穿什么去面试。
• They may dither, and vacillate between denial and acceptance, and this is quite common.
  他们可能会踌躇，并且在否认与接受之间犹豫，这很普通。
• And the Fed has perhaps learned that it is better to act swiftly rather than dither.
  联合理事会也许已经学会了更好的快速执行而不是犹豫不决。
• He's in a terrible dither, poor soul.
  他紧张得慌了手脚，可怜的家伙。
• Nothing irritates the regular customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order.
  酒吧常客和酒保最腻味的就是一大夥人堵在吧台边，一边聊著一边又犹豫不知喝什麽酒好。