vacillate 音標拼音: [v'æsəl
, et]
vi . 游移不定,躊躇,猶豫,搖擺
遊移不定,躊躇,猶豫,搖擺
vacillate v 1 :
be undecided about something ;
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action ; "
He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement " [
synonym : {
hover },
{
vibrate }, {
vacillate }, {
oscillate }]
2 :
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern ;
"
the line on the monitor vacillated " [
synonym : {
fluctuate },
{
vacillate }, {
waver }]
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vacillatum ;
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[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To move one way and the other ;
to reel or stagger ;
to waver .
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1913 Webster ]
[
A spheroid ]
is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another . --
Paley .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To fluctuate in mind or opinion ;
to be unsteady or inconstant ;
to waver .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
See {
Fluctuate }.
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1913 Webster ]
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vacillate ":
alternate ,
back and fill ,
bob ,
bobble ,
careen ,
change ,
changeable ,
chop and change ,
coggle ,
dally ,
dallying ,
dangle ,
demurring ,
dickey ,
dillydallying ,
dither ,
double -
minded ,
doubtful ,
doubting ,
ebb and flow ,
eccentric ,
equivocate ,
erratic ,
falter ,
faltering ,
fickle ,
fiddle -
faddle ,
flounder ,
fluctuant ,
fluctuate ,
fluctuating ,
flutter ,
go through phases ,
halt ,
halting ,
hang in doubt ,
hem and haw ,
hesitant ,
hesitate ,
hesitating ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
insecure ,
irresolute ,
librate ,
lurch ,
mercurial ,
nutate ,
oscillate ,
oscillating ,
pendulate ,
pendulous ,
pitch ,
reel ,
resonate ,
ring the changes ,
rock ,
roll ,
rootless ,
seesaw ,
shake ,
shaky ,
shift ,
shifting ,
shilly -
shally ,
shilly -
shallying ,
shuffle ,
stagger ,
stop to consider ,
swag ,
sway ,
swing ,
teeter ,
teeter -
totter ,
tentative ,
tergiversate ,
think twice ,
timid ,
toss ,
totter ,
turn ,
uncertain ,
unresolved ,
unsettled ,
unstable ,
unsteady ,
unsure ,
vacillating ,
vacillatory ,
vary ,
vibrate ,
volatile ,
wag ,
waggle ,
wave ,
waver ,
wavering ,
wax and wane ,
weak ,
weak -
kneed ,
whiffle ,
wigwag ,
wobble ,
wobbly
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