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haltingly

/hawl-ting/US // ˈhɔl tɪŋ //UK // (ˈhɔːltɪŋ) //

踌躇满志地,嗫嚅地,嗫嚅着,停顿地

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clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙labored辛勤工作,劳动,勤劳的,勤奋awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬tentative暂时的,暂时性的,暂定,暂时性stumbling跌跌撞撞,跌跌撞撞的,步履蹒跚,跌跌不休的stammering口吃,口吃的,口齿不清,结巴bumbling步履蹒跚,笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,蹒跚学步vacillating摇摆不定,徘徊不前,摇摆不定的,徘徊不定lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐stuttering口吃,磕磕绊绊,结巴,磕磕绊绊的slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓wavering摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,飘忽不定,犹豫不决faltering颤颤巍巍,颤颤巍巍的,颤巍巍的,颤巍巍limping跛行,跛脚,一瘸一拐的,跛脚的doubtful怀疑,疑问,令人怀疑的,怀疑的gauche粗俗,不合时宜,粗俗的,别扭imperfect不完善,不完美,不完善的,不完美的indecisive优柔寡断,犹豫不决,踌躇不决,摇摆不定inept无能,无能的人,不合适,无能为力irresolute犹豫不决,犹豫不决的,犹豫不决的人,优柔寡断

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
    • : faulty or imperfect.
    • : limping or lame: a halting gait.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inslowly
Synonyms
calmly冷静地,冷静,平静地,冷静点casually随便说说,随便,随意,胡乱地deliberately故意,故意的,故意为之,故意地gently轻轻地,温柔地,轻轻的,轻轻地说gradually逐渐,逐步,渐渐地,逐渐地lazily懒洋洋地,懒洋洋的,懒洋洋,懒懒地nonchalantly淡然自若地,若无其事地,不慌不忙地,淡然地languidly慵懒地,慵慵懒懒地,懒洋洋地,慵懒的leisurely悠闲地,悠然自得,悠闲的,悠闲unhurriedly缓缓地,缓缓,缓缓的,匆匆忙忙

Examples

  • Michigan appears to be taking the first halting steps toward reform, recently becoming the 47th state to ban automatically charging 17-year-olds as adults.

  • He is goofy, he speaks haltingly from the heart, and from scripts.

  • Instead of great leaps forward, it tends to move haltingly in grudging increments.

  • “Nice meet you,” he said haltingly, in broken English, using my language since I did not speak his.

  • As the economy has recovered, however haltingly, so has the growth of health care costs.

  • For another, we can remind ourselves how fluidly hate is taught, and how haltingly trust is restored.

  • The brown-skinned, dark-haired man appeared in the entrance of the tent and spoke haltingly in English.

  • She lisped the words in her soft, sweet voice, haltingly, like a little child.

  • "I—I must go to my room, Herr Hauptmann," she murmured haltingly.

  • An unbalanced sentence goes haltingly and jars; an ambiguous pronoun causes the reader to stumble.

  • The train moved haltingly, having to wait at sidings for other trains that had the right of way.

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