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单词 hesitantly
释义
hesitantly
adverb
uk
/ˈhez.ɪ.tənt.li/us
/ˈhez.ə.tənt.li/
in a way that is notimmediateorquickbecause you arenervousor notcertain:
犹豫地，迟疑不决地
Sheapproachedtheteacherhesitantly.她犹豫着走近老师。
"I'mafraid," he says hesitantly, "Iforgotthat today isouranniversary."“恐怕,”他犹豫地说：“我忘了今天是我们的结婚纪念日。”
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  • Sheconfirmedtherumor, hesitantly.
  • Hespokehesitantly,guarded, in araspyvoice.
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(Definition ofhesitantlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhesitantly

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On the basis of the articles contained in this issue, one mayhesitantlyadvance some conjectures about causes of scientific style.
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Nonetheless, these local understandings, we couldhesitantlyterm them parochial traditions, are seldom given such a prominent position by historians.
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During the 1980s, this policy innovation was embracedhesitantlyelsewhere.
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Hints of darkness in the harmony are countered by a folky,hesitantlybuoyant second subject.
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Some of these papers,hesitantlyor overtly, invoke culture or interpersonal interaction to motivate the properties of classifiers.
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Even then, it expressed itselfhesitantly.
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It is a commonplace to say, but it is not true, that trade followed the flag; rather, the flag followedhesitantlyafter the trader.
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However, it does sohesitantly, for understandable reasons.
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I believe that a number of people supported nationalisationhesitantly, doubtfully, because they believed that nationalisation was necessary for supervision.
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I say thathesitantlyin the context of the local government review.
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It is true that one takes such powers only warily andhesitantly.
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I agree that these policies are evolving too slowly, toohesitantly—in fact, in some cases without observable evolvement at all.
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He said—and he was moving towards ithesitantly; and there is some justification for being hesitant—that the issues were proper conditions of the licence.
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Yet in spite of that, in this fair weather we are having many difficulties and the ship seems to be movinghesitantlyon its course.
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However, it should not respondhesitantly, half-heartedly and defensively.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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