shilly-shally
英 ['?ili,??li]
美
- vi. 猶豫不決；躊躇；優(yōu)柔寡斷
- adv. 慢吞吞地；猶豫不決地
- adj. 猶豫不決的；優(yōu)柔寡斷的
- n. 猶豫不決；優(yōu)柔寡斷
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?shilly-shallies;過(guò)去式:?shilly-shallied;過(guò)去分詞:?shilly-shallied;現(xiàn)在分詞:?shilly-shallying;
中文詞源
shilly-shally 躊躇，猶豫來(lái)自 shall 的同韻構(gòu)詞，縮寫自口語(yǔ) shill I,shall I?比較 wishy-washy,淡而無(wú)味的，空洞的。
英文詞源
- shilly-shally (v.)
- "to vacillate," 1782, from adverbial expression to stand shilly-shally (1703), earlier shill I, shall I (1700), a fanciful reduplication of shall I? (compare wishy-washy, dilly-dally, etc.). From 1734 as an adjective, by 1755 as a noun. Related: Shilly-shallying (1816).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. It's time for Brooke to stop shilly-shallying.
- 這時(shí)候布魯克不能再猶豫不決了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Stop shilly-shallying and make up your mind.
- 別猶豫了，拿主意吧。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. He's a weak man and he shilly - shallied.
- 他是個(gè)軟弱的人,總是猶猶豫豫、磨磨蹭蹭.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)