hesitates

英 [ˈhezɪteɪts] 美 [ˈhezɪteɪts]

v.  (对某事)犹豫，迟疑不决; 顾虑; 疑虑
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柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 犹豫;迟疑;踌躇
    If you hesitate, you do not speak or act for a short time, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried about what you are going to say or do.
    1. The telephone rang. Catherine hesitated, debating whether to answer it...
      电话响了。凯瑟琳犹豫了一下要不要去接。
    2. She hesitated a long time and then she said 'Yes'.
      她犹豫了很长时间，然后才说“行”。
  2. VERB （因有顾虑而）不愿意（做某事）
    If you hesitate to do something, you delay doing it or are unwilling to do it, usually because you are not certain it would be right. If you do not hesitate to do something, you do it immediately.
    1. Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating...
      一些家长不愿意采取这些措施，因为他们怀疑自己的孩子在夸大其词。
    2. I hesitated to apply the word 'vulnerable' to him but it came into my mind...
      我不愿用“脆弱”这个词来形容他，但它却突然出现在我脑子里了。
    3. I will not hesitate to take unpopular decisions.
      我会毫不犹豫地作出并不受欢迎的决定。
  3. VERB 尽管给我打电话/ 尽管和我们联系
    You can use hesitate in expressions such as 'don't hesitate to call me' or 'don't hesitate to contact us' when you are telling someone that they should do something as soon as it needs to be done and should not worry about disturbing other people.
    1. In the event of difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department...
      如果遇到困难，请尽管和我们的客户服务部联系。
    2. Please don't hesitate to tell either Mr Schrader or myself should you feel ill again...
      如果你再觉得不舒服，请尽管告诉施拉德尔先生或我本人。
    3. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.
      只要觉得好笑就尽管笑。
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双语例句

  1. He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation
    他离开前有些犹豫，几乎像是他一直期望能够交谈点什么。
  2. He who hesitates is lost.
    迟疑者必有失。
  3. The woman that deliberates [ who hesitates] is lost.
    犹疑不决的女子必然吃亏。
  4. If it does not understand a thing, it never hesitates to ask for an explanation.
    如果不明白什么，永远都毫不犹豫的要求解释。
  5. 416. At the station the statesman hesitates to state the status of the statue.
    416.在车站政治家不愿陈述雕像的状况。
  6. Now, our administrative interpretation system is full of contradictions, and theory research hesitates to move forward, so that administrative interpretation is immersed in crisis.
    目前，我国行政解释在体制上矛盾重重，在理论研究上裹足不前，致使行政解释的命运岌岌可危。
  7. I wish she could understand how much more you can love a man who is careful to powder the baby or who never hesitates to play with his child.
    我希望她理解，她将会更加地爱他，爱这个会仔细地为婴儿搽粉，又或者会不厌其烦的和他的孩子玩耍的男人。
  8. Hamlet's character is too introversive, in addition, he is too careful and single-hand, which make him hesitates so as to delay his action. therefore, Hamlet perishes together with the enemy.
    性格过于内向、审慎及单枪匹马的处境，使他感到犹豫，造成他行动上的延宕。因此最后只能是与敌人同归于尽。
  9. As in tragedy, late in act three, the heroine hesitates.
    就象悲剧里一样在第三幕女主角犹豫了。
  10. As they say," he who hesitates is lost. "
    就像人们说的：“迟疑者将丧失良机。”
  11. However, the fundamental reason of his tragedy lies in his tragic flaw, that is, he always hesitates and lives in illusion rather than reality.
    但是根本原因却要归结到裘德的悲剧性性格缺陷，他性格中致命的缺陷就是摇摆不定和耽于幻想。
  12. What about the woman who hesitates to breast-feed because she has to go back to work?
    那些因为要重返工作岗位而不愿给孩子哺乳的妇女怎么样？
  13. He hesitates about joining the expedition.
    他对于是否参加远征队犹豫不决。
  14. If he hesitates, ask him to try it for a month or two.
    如果他犹豫，请他尝试为一个月或两个月。
  15. Not rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others.
    李大伯自己虽然并不富裕，但在帮助别人时他从不犹豫。
  16. Good hesitates, good confused!
    好犹豫，好迷茫！
  17. He hesitates. "They can't be memories," he says.
    他犹豫了。“那些不可能是真的，”他说。
  18. She has a heart of gold and never hesitates to involve herself where she can help others.
    她有一颗金子般的心，而且对自己能提供帮助的人毫不吝惜。
  19. The Policeman hesitates, vacillates, then takes another rather uncertain step or two forward.
    警察犹豫了一下，满腹狐疑地又往前挪了一两步。
  20. Since the law never hesitates to borrow wisdom from other disciplines, Stevenson's quote is an apt summation of the doctrine of Stare Decisis.
    法律从来都很愿意向其他的学科汲取智慧，史蒂文森的话是对遵循先例的一种概括。
  21. He hesitates at times when he has a good, wide-open shot.
    有时当他拥有很好的外线空挡时他也会犹豫。
  22. If you do hesitate between releasing and pressing the button at any time, you will have to go back to the beginning and start again as "he who hesitates is lost".
    如果你犹豫在放松的同时按下按钮，在任何时候，你将不得不回到起点，重新开始为“他是谁不愿失去”。
  23. He hesitates, second guesses himself, or doesn't put on a trade at all, in spite of any number of clear signals to do so.
    虽然有一些明确的信号叫他行动，但他变得犹豫、猜测或根本不交易。
  24. The longer the ECB hesitates, the larger the rescue will have to be in the long run.
    欧洲央行迟疑的时间越长，从长远来看，必须付出的纾困代价就会越大。
  25. He often hesitates to help the others.
    他经常在帮助其他人的时候很犹豫。
  26. She baptizes herself when Paul hesitates to baptize her.
    当保罗犹豫是否给她洗礼时，她给自己洗礼。
  27. While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
    当一些人因自卑而畏缩不前时，另一些却忙着从错误中吸取教训走向优秀。
  28. In common conversation he seems to have no choice of words; he hesitates and blunders; and yet, good god! How he writes!
    平常谈话时，他看上去不善言谈，支支吾吾，还辞不达意，可是老天，你看他写的东西！
  29. He who hesitates loses his chance and will never succeed.
    犹豫不决的人会错失良机并且永远不会成功。
  30. One who hesitates ( out of fear).
    犹豫不决（由于恐惧）的人。
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