dithered

英 [ˈdɪðəd]

美 [ˈdɪðərd]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
dither的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫不决;踌躇
  When someonedithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.
  1. We're still dithering over whether to marry...
     我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
  2. If you have been dithering about buying shares, now could be the time to do it.
     如果你一直在犹豫是否要买股票，现在或许是买的时候了。

双语例句

• Detroit, meanwhile, stumbled over a period of decades into irreversible insolvency because its elected officials dithered and dissembled and argued, instead of undertaking tough measures to close fiscal gaps.
  与此同时，几十年来底特律也一步步走上了债务泥沼的不归路：民选官员犹犹豫豫，遮遮掩掩，百般辩解，却没有采取严厉措施来填补财政缺口。
• Something similar happened while the West dithered over Bosnia, creating an opening for veterans of the Western-backed jihad against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
  这种情况似曾相识，西方当年在波斯尼亚踌躇不决，结果为西方支持下的圣战分子在阿富汗抵制苏联开创了机会。
• Setting the example of dithered Laser gyro, the pseudo coning motion induced by dithered machine is studied.
  以机抖激光陀螺捷联惯导系统为例，研究了机械抖动偏频引入伪圆锥运动，推导出伪圆锥误差的表达式。
• Dithered ring laser gyro signal processing system based on Nios II
  基于软核处理器的二频机抖陀螺信号处理系统
• While his colleagues in the US and Europe have dithered over what action should be taken to solve the problems caused by collapsing banks, he has been decisive.
  当他美国和欧洲的同僚正对银行倒闭所引起的问题束手无策时，他已经果断行动了。
• Meanwhile, the interim government has dithered and bungled, dragging down the economy and making thaksinomics, for all its other flaws, look good.
  同时，临时政府的糟糕表现拉跨了经济而（不得不）使用他信经济，因为临时政府其它的弊病，看起来不错。
• While highly-paid foreign-exchange traders dithered, Mrs Watanabe cashed in and began to acquire the reputation of an investing genius.
  就在拿高薪的外汇交易员们犹豫不决之时，“渡边太太”已将获利兑现，并开始博得投资天才的美名。
• Based on the input and output signal models of the dithered ring laser gyro, a new method of dithered demodulation by using real-time digital signal processing technology is proposed.
  根据抖动偏频激光陀螺的输入、输出信号模型，提出了一种利用实时数字信号处理技术实现抖动解调的新方法。
• Flaherty dithered in a little palsy of indignation ( Anthony Burgess)
  弗莱厄蒂在愤怒的痉挛中发抖（安东尼伯吉斯）
• Despite the signs, Congress, the White House and the Federal Reserve all dithered while the subprime disaster spread.
  尽管出现了这些迹象，但美国国会、政府和美联储在次贷灾难扩散过程中都显得优柔寡断。