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hesitantly

/hez-i-tuhnt/US // ˈhɛz ɪ tənt //UK // (ˈhɛzɪtənt) //

迟疑地,犹豫不决,犹豫不决地,迟疑着

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
    • : lacking readiness of speech.

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Examples

  • People who are in higher-risk groups for serious Covid-19 illness might also be more hesitant than people who aren’t.

  • On Thursday, in response to reports that some prisons had been hesitant to distribute the forms, Judge Phyllis Hamilton ordered that the IRS send prisons another notice directing them to do so.

  • Democrats have been hesitant to join the “defund” movement, and Republicans have indicated it’s a nonstarter for them.

  • Yet even many Democratic politicians have been hesitant to embrace calls to defund police departments.

  • The lackluster reaction other DTC IPOs has left some companies hesitant to go public.

  • According to police, she “hesitantly” complied with orders and told police that she had done nothing wrong.

  • “There were times when I was writing the book when I did get angry at the president,” she says hesitantly.

  • I asked him to clarify, and he hesitantly said, “gay people.”

  • “I am happy to write more articles like that,” he said hesitantly.

  • From behind the shell of a ruined building a figure came, walking slowly toward him, walking hesitantly.

  • He returned the man's smile, rather hesitantly; then blinked, for the fat man was coming straight toward him.

  • He reached hesitantly toward the beam-gun, quickly thumbed the catch down to the lowest point, which was simple shock.

  • But, as if suddenly aware of it again, she looked up at him and drew hesitantly away.

  • Dor picked up the horn hesitantly, Burl showing him how to use it.