shilly-shally
英 [ˈʃɪli ʃæli] 美 [ˈʃɪliˌʃæli]

n.

犹豫不决；

vi.

犹豫不决；踌躇；优柔寡断；

adv.

慢吞吞地；犹豫不决地；

adj.

犹豫不决的；优柔寡断的；

变形

复数：shilly-shallies过去式：shilly-shallied过去分词：shilly-shallied现在分词：shilly-shallying第三人称单数：shilly-shallies

英英释义

shilly-shally[ 'ʃili,ʃæli ]

• n.the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

  同义词：procrastinationcunctationshillyshally

• v.
  • be uncertain and vague

    同义词：shillyshally

  • postpone doing what one should be doing

    同义词：procrastinatestalldrag one's feetdrag one's heelsshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally

双语例句

1. If you keep shilly-shallying like this we'll be late.
   要是你老这样举棋不定，我们就来不及了。

权威例句

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