shilly-shally

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英 [ˈʃɪli ʃæli]

美 [ˈʃɪliˌʃæli]

是什么意思

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

学习怎么用

双语例句

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

SHILLY SHALLY
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HCSR Continues to Shilly-shally
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从shilly-shally说起
Shilly-Shally Solutions
Reduplicative Words in English: A Study of Formations of the Types Tick-Tick, Hurly-Burly and Shilly-Shally by Nils Thun