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

• Meanwhile, your stock price can vacillate up and down on unrelated and seemingly unimportant news.
  同时，你的股价可能会因为一些看似不相关和不重要的新闻而上下波动。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the one hand they dislike imperialism, and on the other they fear thorough revolution, and they vacillate between the two.
  他们一方面不喜欢帝国主义，一方面又怕革命的彻底性，他们在这二者之间动摇着。
• 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？
• Vacillate between two opinions
  在两种意见之间游移不定
• To vacillate between hope and fear
  在希望和恐惧之间踌躇不决
• To vacillate in one's actions or decisions.
  举棋不定在行动与决定之间犹豫不决。
• 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。
• Don't vacillate about asking for assistance if you need it.
  如果需要的话，不要犹豫向别人寻求帮助。