in a dither

踌躇满志踌躇不前茫然无措昏昏沉沉

in a dither 的定义

  1. Also, all of a dither; in a flutter or tizzy. In a state of tremulous agitation, as in Planning the wedding put her in a dither, or He tried to pull himself together, but he was all of a dither, or She showed up in such a flutter that our meeting was useless. The noun dither dates from the early 1800s and goes back to the Middle English verb didderen, “to tremble”; in a flutter dates from the mid-1700s; in a tizzy dates from about 1930 and is of uncertain origin.

in a dither 近义词

in a dither

等同于 apprehensive

in a dither

等同于 bewildered

in a dither

等同于 fearful

更多in a dither例句

  1. ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
  2. This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
  3. Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
  4. Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
  5. Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
  6. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
  7. He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
  8. All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
  9. Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
  10. The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.