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单词 hesitancy
释义
hesitancy
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈhez.ɪ.tən.si/us
/ˈhez.ə.tən.si/
(alsohesitance)
thefailureto do somethingimmediatelyorquicklybecause you arenervousor notcertain, or anoccasionwhen thishappens:
There can be a hesitancytodiscussseriousissues.
Congresshas notshownany hesitanceaboutspendingmoremoney.
Scientists areconcernedaboutvaccinehesitancy(=peoplebeingnervousor notcertainabout having avaccineagainst adisease).
His hesitancies can sometimes make himappearweak.
Related word
hesitant
More examples
  • Thepresidentis notknownfor his hesitancy in suchmatters.
  • It wasimportantwe didn't show hesitancy orfear.
  • Hesuggeststhat some people's hesitance toinvestcan make thembetterathandlingmoney.
  • Sensing my hesitancy, heheldout hishandandshookminefirmly.
  • There was anoteof hesitancy in hervoice.
  • There's been a little hesitance because they like toerron thesideofcaution.
  • Thepresidentoverruledthe hesitancies andobjectionsof hissubordinates.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hesitating
  • backward
  • dilly-dally
  • dither
  • ditherer
  • dithery
  • foot
  • halting
  • hang
  • hang back
  • have a foot in both campsidiom
  • haw
  • hem
  • hesitantly
  • hesitate
  • hesitation
  • hum
  • hum and hawidiom
  • pussyfoot
  • sit
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(Definition ofhesitancyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
hesitancy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhez.ɪ.tən.si/us
/ˈhez.ə.tən.si/
thefailureto do somethingimmediatelyorquicklybecause you arenervousor notcertain
犹豫，踌躇，迟疑不决
Thepresidentis notknownfor his hesitancy in suchmatters.总统在这类问题上从不犹豫不决。
Congresshas notshownany hesitancy aboutspendingmoremoney.国会在增加开支方面没有表现出任何犹豫。
See
hesitant
More examples
  • It wasimportantwe didn't show hesitancy orfear.
  • Sensing my hesitancy, heheldout hishandandshookminefirmly.
  • There was anoteof hesitancy in hervoice.

Examplesofhesitancy

hesitancy
The tone is confident, and lacks any hint ofhesitancyor uncertainty which might suggest pathos.
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This impression of royalhesitancyis confirmed by other sources.
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Anyhesitancythey may have shown in the face of rioters was due therefore to the limited coercive resources at their disposal.
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Ratings ofhesitancywith peers were associated with higher avoidance subscale scores but not higher resistance subscale scores.
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We cannot help but wonder to what extent their comprehension suffers because of ahesitancyto use language.
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Suchhesitancyand delay made it even less likely that the eventual campaign to eradicate the species in the 1960s would succeed.
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Thishesitancyin axon regrowth strongly indicates that novel barriers at this interface have not been identified.
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Some of thehesitancyof retailers towards entering politics at the national level was also breaking down.
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Since farmers have historically faced 'use it or lose it' water rights, there has been somehesitancyin market participation.
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It is understandable that there would be somehesitancyto prescribe such medication to younger patients.
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On the issue of the coming nuclear power plant, he reversed the previous governmentalhesitancyand re-opened its budget, suspended since 1985.
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To the extent that evidence accumulates for a relationship between delay in initiation of treatment and outcome, suchhesitancymay have to be reassessed.
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This creates a feeling ofhesitancy, of stasis and incompleteness, which represents the singer alone, without love.
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Rather, ourhesitancystresses that we really do not know very much about animal self-awareness, nor about its taxonomic distribution.
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Surely the in_uence of cultural studies is one of the reasons for this epistemologicalhesitancy.
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