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词汇 hesitancy
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Definition of hesitancy in English:

hesitancy

noun ˈhɛzɪt(ə)nsiˈhɛzɪdənsi
mass noun
  • The quality or state of being hesitant.

    Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With equal frequency he swept the ball off the sod without a second's hesitancy, and all told his was a performance fit to grace any final.
    • The hesitancy and uncertainty that characterised the lead-up to this conflict has now been taken into the battlefield.
    • She wavered between hesitancy and her natural propensity for fun.
    • And by and large, they want to have questions asked and they want to have some hesitancy about this initiative.
    • There is one man who will have no doubts or hesitancies.
    Synonyms
    uncertainty, hesitation, hesitance, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, irresolution, irresoluteness, indecision, indecisiveness, equivocation, vacillation, wavering, scepticism, nervousness, second thoughts
    dithering, stalling, shilly-shallying, temporizing, temporization, pausing, delay, hanging back, waiting
    British havering, humming and hawing
    Scottish swithering
    informal dilly-dallying, blowing hot and cold
    rare dubiety, incertitude, cunctation
    reluctance, unwillingness, disinclination, unease, uneasiness, ambivalence, demurral, compunction
    misgivings, qualms, scruples, reservations

Derivatives

  • hesitance

  • noun ˈhɛzɪt(ə)nsˈhɛzəd(ə)ns
    mass noun
    • The quality or state of being tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

      they agreed to go along after initial hesitance
      Example sentencesExamples
      • we must overcome our hesitance
      • We must overcome our hesitance, doubt, fear, anxiety, grief, torment, suffering… if we can do all of these things, we can do anything.
      • Faerwald thought about the girl's hesitance for a second before replying.
      • Instantly he saw me, but in place of the smile he would have given me only two days ago, there was a look of uncertainty and hesitance.

Definition of hesitancy in US English:

hesitancy

nounˈhezidənsēˈhɛzɪdənsi
  • The quality or state of being hesitant.

    Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defense to rifle in a shot
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She wavered between hesitancy and her natural propensity for fun.
    • With equal frequency he swept the ball off the sod without a second's hesitancy, and all told his was a performance fit to grace any final.
    • There is one man who will have no doubts or hesitancies.
    • The hesitancy and uncertainty that characterised the lead-up to this conflict has now been taken into the battlefield.
    • And by and large, they want to have questions asked and they want to have some hesitancy about this initiative.
    Synonyms
    uncertainty, hesitation, hesitance, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, irresolution, irresoluteness, indecision, indecisiveness, equivocation, vacillation, wavering, scepticism, nervousness, second thoughts
    reluctance, unwillingness, disinclination, unease, uneasiness, ambivalence, demurral, compunction
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