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单词 waver
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waver
verb[I]
uk
/ˈweɪ.vər/us
/ˈweɪ.vɚ/
tolosestrength,determination, orpurpose,especiallytemporarily:
（尤指暂时地）动摇
I'mafraidmyconcentrationbeganto waver aslunchapproached.恐怕我的注意力在临近午饭时要开始下降了。
He has never waveredinhissupportfor theleader.他对领袖的支持从未动摇过。
If you waver between twopossibilities, you cannotdecidewhich of them tochooseor youkeepchoosingone way and then the other:
（在两个选择之间）踌躇，犹豫不决
"What are you going to have?" "Er, I'm waveringbetweenthesoupand themushroomquiche."“你要吃什么？”“哦，我正在犹豫是喝汤还是吃乳蛋饼。”
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(Definition ofwaverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

waver| American Dictionary

waver
verb[I]
us
/ˈweɪ·vər/
tobegintodoubtorloseyourdeterminationto do something:
He never wavered as theleadingvoiceof African-Americans’callforfreedomandequality.
If you waver between twopossibilities, you havedifficultydecidingbetween them:
She wavered betweenbelievinghim andthinkingthat he waslying.
(Definition ofwaverfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaver

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From an organizational standpoint, the text wavers between being organized around applications and methodologies.
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Amid this ministerial reshuffle, his attention never wavered from the public.
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They had urged comfort care only, but the family had wavered.
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The result was an agreement implying significant improvements to most social security benefits and thus contributing to the wavering fiscal policy.
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As a result, this type of theatre wavers between three options.
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The ®lms wavered between the dramatic tension resulting from women's weakness, a fragility which was likely to ruin their marriage and family, and the humdrum nature of provincial life.
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However, the municipal government has not wavered.
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The intended audience wavers back and forth between students and colleagues.
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They have wavered between saying that the price of carpets is too high, and that the price is too low.
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When citizens see their governments wavering from one to the other, who can blame them if they feel alien to the process itself?
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I have never wavered in my view that a man should not be put in jeopardy a second time.
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I have not wavered in my judgment that the total amount of £100 million was about the right figure.
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They have temporised, wavered at home and blustered abroad.
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There are those who wavered, but the alliance came through unscathed.
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I have wavered on that over the years.
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