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单词 irresolution
释义
irresolution
noun[U]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ɪˌrez.əlˈuː.ʃən/us
/ɪˌrez.əlˈuː.ʃən/
thequalityof not beingableorwillingto makedecisionsor takeaction:
"Come here, Johnny!" she said, after severalsecondsof irresolution.
The film's irresolution isitsgreateststrength.
See
irresolute
More examples
  • Sheeventuallybeatheropponentin amatchthatrevealedirresolution in bothplayers.
  • Introducing the new plotline at the endleavesthefilmwith asenseof irresolution.
  • Heappearsto behauntedby secondthoughtswhich may be asignof irresolution.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • ambivalence
  • ambivalent
  • ambivalently
  • askance
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  • have a foot in both campsidiom
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  • hem
  • hem and hawidiom
  • hum and hawidiom
  • nonplussed
  • quandary
  • rudderless
  • shades of greyidiom
  • shilly-shally
  • wary
  • waver
  • wavering
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  • wobble
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(Definition ofirresolutionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofirresolution

irresolution
Many inter-generational ties between the grandparent and parent generations are tainted byirresolution.
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There has beenirresolutionand compromise on every occasion.
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Why should they offer their lives as hostages to theirresolutionor quick temper of the other members of the gang?
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But there is noirresolutionin dealing with the evils as severely as our resources permit.
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The lurking and demoralising dread ofirresolutionin high places is lifted.
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In fact, there isirresolution, indecision, false starts, policies formulated and withdrawn and nobody seems to know exactly and precisely where they want to go.
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The talk about further and further inquiry is nothing but an excuse forirresolutionand evasion.
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The first lesson is that passivity andirresolutionmust be avoided like the plague.
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To allow the licences to stand when no more are to be granted is a manifestation of weakness andirresolution.
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Irresolutionhas taken its toll in death.
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The price of anyirresolutionon our part will be paid in the blood of our sailors, soldiers and airmen and in the unspeakable sufferings of our civilian population.
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By our weakness andirresolutionwe have encouraged revolutions at the intellect- tual level, which evolve in a vacuum and then afflict an ignorant people with popular slogans.
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Thisirresolutionhas been going on for over a century, and there is no indication that it will be resolved anytime soon.
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Historians largely attributed this to hisirresolutionand inability to judge military and political decisions.
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Meantime he continued to trifle the time with a show ofirresolution.
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