hesitating
present participle ofhesitate
| 单词 | hesitating |
| 释义 | hesitating present participle ofhesitate hesitate verb[I] uk/ˈhez.ɪ.teɪt/us/ˈhez.ə.teɪt/B2 topausebefore you do or say something, often because you areuncertainornervousabout it: She hesitatedslightlybeforeansweringthe detective'squestion. "Do youloveme?" sheasked. He hesitated and then said, "I'm notsure." [+ to infinitive]If you need anything, don't hesitatetocallme.
Hesitating
Examplesofhesitatinghesitating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The smudgy and imprecise charcoal drawings were particularly effective in conveying the efforts of a hand (ahesitatingone) struggling to fix certain patterns. From theCambridge English Corpus Upon listening to the children read the text aloud, it was noticed that some children werehesitatingand stumbling at line breaks. From theCambridge English Corpus Among prosthesis users, variations were similarly rare, placing the envelope at a reach other than 100%, andhesitating, occurring only once. From theCambridge English Corpus Selected next speakers sometimes display difficulty in answering a question byhesitatingor with markers of doubt. From theCambridge English Corpus He was both a rationalist and an idealist, and a traffic planner and anthroposophist,3 neverhesitatingto say what he thought even when it might damage his career. From theCambridge English Corpus The steps have not been great strides; they have beenhesitating, little steps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is we who arehesitatingoutside on the brink. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have organized themselves internationally, while you arehesitatingto do so. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English They arehesitatingnow about a real plan, but why do they not give up their obsolescent methods—or give themselves up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The third, full employment, changes substantially the prospect before ahesitatingstriker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not surprising that many people are nowhesitatingbefore judging the measures brought forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is one of my reasons forhesitatingbefore compelling notification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the meantime, it is not that we arehesitatingfundamentally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was quite evident from his speech and from hishesitatingmanner that he was labouring under difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is bad for recruiting, and it is extremely bad for those who arehesitatingwhether they will re-engage or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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