hesitating

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。

1. Do you know why he was mulling and hesitating?
   你知道他为什么前思后想、犹豫不决吗？
2. Time is running short. Stop hesitating.
   时间很急促，不要再犹豫了。
3. He's still hesitating about joining the expedition.
   他对于参加这次探险队仍犹豫不决。
4. Roy Cronin: No more hesitating for you.
   罗伊·克罗宁：你不能再犹豫啦！
5. Stop hesitating because thats no way to live.
   别再犹豫了，因为生活不等人。
6. 'It's wrong because& it isn't true,' she said, hesitating.
   有错，因为这不是真的，她有点犹豫地说。
7. 'I'm too young,'she said, hesitating but feeling her heart beating rather fast.
   我太年轻了，她犹豫不决地说，可她感到自己的心跳得非常快。
8. What have I been doing in that eight-thousand-day rush, apart from hesitating?
   而在这已经消失的八千多的日子中，除了犹豫不决，我还做过什么？
9. For hesitating! No more hesitating for you!
   犹豫啊！没有时间等你犹豫了！
10. Then what was I hesitating about?
    那么我在犹豫些什么呢？
11. We have been hesitating for so many years that my retirement has already been delayed.
    犹豫了这么几年了，已经耽误了。
12. Why be you hesitating? Come out with it.
    你在犹豫什么呢？说出来吧。
13. Why are you hesitating?
    你为什么犹豫不决呢？
14. I have a clear memory of hesitating before I used it.
    我对含糊有了清晰的把握之后才会运用它。
15. So my dear friends, are you still hesitating?
    所以，亲爱的朋友们，还犹豫什么？
16. He is hesitating about what to do.
    他正在犹豫该怎么做。
17. She asked me whether I wanted to go or not, but I'm hesitating very much.
    她问我想不想去，但我挺犹豫的。
18. At some point, and I had one time a surgeon say this to me because I was training, and I was standing there, hesitating for a while.
    有一次，一个外科医生，对我说过一句话，因为我在培训时，就站在那里，犹豫了一会儿。
19. She replied without hesitating.
    她毫不犹豫地作了回答。
20. And destroyed all his work without hesitating.
    毫不犹豫地摧毁了所有的成果。
21. He is still hesitating about sending his son abroad.
    他仍然对送他儿子出国犹豫不决。
22. Pls believe me, It needs a great deal of encourage, I have confirmed it without any hesitating.
    请相信我，这需要很大的勇气。我已经是很确定地没有任何的犹豫。
23. In fact* I was hesitating
    事实上，我是在犹豫
24. Yes, sometimes,'I replied, hesitating.
    “是的，有时喜欢。”我犹豫着答道。
25. What do you infer from this man's hesitating manner?
    你从此人犹豫不决的态度中推断出什么呢？
26. I'm still hesitating. I have to make a decision before the end of this month.
    我还在犹豫，这个月底之前我得做出决定。
27. I skipped the ferry after hesitating for a while.
    我是迟疑了一会才跳上渡船的。
28. But what are you hesitating about?
    可你还在犹豫什么呢？
29. I am sure he did that without hesitating.
    我确信他是毫不犹豫地这么做的。
30. And then, without hesitating, he replied: I don't know what you're talking about.
    然后毫不犹豫地他回答：我不知道你在说什么。

adj

1. lacking decisiveness of character

   Synonym:    hesitant