dithery
adjective
UKdisapprovinguk/ˈdɪð.ər.i/us/ˈdɪð.ɚ.i/taking alongtimeto make adecisionabout doing something:
犹豫不决的Heseemsratherdithery but infactheworksverycalmlyandefficiently.他看起来很犹豫不决,但实际上他工作起来非常冷静和高效。
Stress makes somepeopledithery andindecisive;othersgetloudandaggressive.压力使一些人变得犹豫不决、优柔寡断;另一些人则变得吵吵闹闹、咄咄逼人。
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dither
- He was dithery and out of hisdepth.
- You comeacrossas dithery,ill-informed, andfloundering.
- She didn'twantto bethoughtof as a ditheryairhead.
Hesitating
- backward
- dilly-dally
- dither
- ditherer
- falter
- foot
- halting
- hang back
- have a foot in both campsidiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and hawidiom
- hesitantly
- hesitate
- hesitation
- hum
- hum and hawidiom
- pussyfoot
- sit
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