hesitate

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

hesitates

V_ing/Gerund

hesitating

V_ed/pp

hesitatedhæsitate

1.
(intransitive)To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
September 1, 1742, Alexander Pope, letter to Racine I shall not hesitate to declare myself very cordially, in regard to some particulars about which you have desired an answer.
2.
(intransitive)To stammer; to falter in speaking.
3.
(poetic, rare, transitive)To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

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Đồng nghĩa

balbucinatebalbutiatefalter haw hem stammer stutter demur mammer scruple waver stumbleto utter with hesitation falter

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hesitanthesitaterhesitationhesitativehesitatoryhesitating

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Nguồn gốc từ

Latin haesitātus, perfect passive participle of haesitō (see -ate), intensive of haereō (to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast). Displaced native wandian. Compare hésiter.