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wavering

/wey-ver/US // ˈweɪ vər //UK // (ˈweɪvə) //

摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,飘忽不定,犹豫不决

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
    • : to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
    • : become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered.
    • : to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered.
    • : to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination.
    • : to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered.
    • : to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.

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Examples

  • But he should not be judged by his wavering as a presidential candidate.

  • In the recent film Obvious Child, the protagonist schedules her abortion without wavering for a second.

  • A wavering, but canny Wehrmacht General Dietrich von Choltitz finally surrendered it on August 25.

  • Yet thanks to recent scandals, that acceptance of the adult industry seems to be wavering.

  • At that point, many wavering Republicans seemed to rally around their leaders.

  • At length only four or five flames remained, feebly wavering in their pools of melted wax.

  • We shall probably take the town, and defeat its wavering army; but up to this moment, we have not been joined by a single peasant.

  • Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised.

  • A wavering red line licked its way to the canyon-edge on the east side, wiped out the grass, and died on the bald rim-rock.

  • Should they have to engage in a struggle for these, let their efforts be made without hesitation or wavering.

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