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单词 indecision
释义
indecision
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
(alsoindecisiveness,uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv.nəs/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv.nəs/)
thestateof beingunableto make achoice:
优柔寡断，无决断力
A moment's indecision when you've got theballand you couldlosethegame.你得球时的一时犹豫就可能使你输掉比赛。
There is agreatdealof indecisionabout/overhow totackletheproblem.在如何处理这个问题上迟迟不能决断。
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(Definition ofindecisionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indecision| American Dictionary

indecision
noun[U]
us
/ˌɪn·dɪˈsɪʒ·ən/
(alsoindecisiveness,us/ˌɪn·dɪˈsɑɪ·sɪv·nəs/)
thequalityof beingunableto make adecisionor having a lot ofdifficultyindecidingsomething:
Itossedandturnedallnightin afrenzyof indecision.

indecisive

adjectiveus
/ˌɪn·dɪˈsɑɪ·sɪv/
As aleaderduring thewar, he was indecisive andineffectual, and waseventuallyrelievedof hiscommand.
(Definition ofindecisionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindecision

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Sounding out the neighbours prematurely carries the risk of disclosing one's ownindecision, for which one could later be reproached.
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Successive research identifies a middle ground between attitude certainty and uncertainty, where instabilities in opinions reflectindecisionrather than indifference.
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All but one of the women felt initialindecisionabout what to do and consequent depression over this helplessness.
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Relative hand skill predicts academic ability : global deficits at the point of hemisphericindecision.
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We awarded 1 point for each obvious deletion, 0.5 points for each case ofindecision, and 0 points for each obvious conservation.
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A longer response time may reflect that the child was considering alternative choices or simply experiencingindecision.
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The space bar was also used to indicateindecision, or having previously pressed the wrong response key.
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Four-year-olds, on the other hand, showed evidence ofindecisionwhen interpreting nonsense words, but less so when interpreting pseudo-homonyms.
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Those who represent the "best" professional values in medicine find themselves wandering in a fog of disillusionment andindecision.
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And there is hardly any doubt orindecisionabout the babu's decisive choice.
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As a consequence it becomes the victim ofindecision, confusion and obfuscation.
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One sign that the astronomer has learned his astrology is hisindecisionover borderline cases.
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The longer response times seen only in seven-year-olds, when correctly interpreting pseudo-homonyms versus nonsense words, may reflect this emerging awareness and its associatedindecision.
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They include conjunctions, interjections, time adverbials, indicators ofindecision, and other discourse words.
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Indecisionat the front was compounded by lack of direction from the rear.
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