hesitate ["heziteit]

vi.1.猶豫，躊躇：

He hesitated and asked me if he could sit near me.

他猶豫了一下，問能不能在我身邊坐下。

Don"t hesitate to speak to me when you have any difficuties.

你有困難時儘管照直給我講。

2.有疑慮，不願，不想：

I am sure I dared, but I hesitated to bring a deadlock.

當時我不是不敢，只不過我不想把局面搞僵罷了。

to hesitate to violate the law

不願以身試法

3.停頓，稍停：

She hesitated at the gate of Holyoake House.

在霍利約克大廈門口她稍微遲疑了一下。

4.吞吞吐吐，結結巴巴，支吾：

He hesitated and told me he was brought up in a shabby and dirty town.

他吞吞吐吐地告訴我，他是在一個破舊骯髒的小鎮上長大的。

vt.猶猶豫豫地(或不情願地、支支吾吾地)表示：