记忆方法
将“hesitate”拆分为“hes-itate”，想象一个人（hes）在那里犹豫不决（it ate），就像一只小动物在吃东西前犹豫一样。这种方法通过视觉图像帮助记忆单词的含义。
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词族 · hesitate
中文词源
hesitate 犹豫，踌躇，迟疑不决
来自拉丁语haerere,粘着，粘附，来自PIE*ghais,粘结，词源同adhere,inherent,adhesive.
英语词源
- hesitate
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hesitate: [17] Etymologically, to hesitate is to become ‘stuck’. The word comes from Latin haesitāre, a derivative of haerēre ‘hold fast, stick’ (which gave English adhere). The underlying idea is of being ‘held back’, or in speech of ‘stammering’, and hence of being unable to act or speak promptly or decisively.
=> adhere - hesitate (v.)
- 1620s, from Latin haesitatum, past participle of haesitare (see hesitation). Related: Hesitated; hesitating.
权威例句
- 1. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
- 现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方，我可能会有所顾虑。
- 2. Do not hesitate to laugh at anything you find amusing.
- 只要觉得好笑就尽管笑。
- 3. This could make your superiors hesitate to trust you with major responsibilities.
- 这样会使上级不敢对你委以重任。
- 4. She didn't hesitate to tell intrusive photographers to "naff off".
- 她毫不客气地叫那些烦人的摄影者“滚开”。
- 5. They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police.
- 他们遭遇警察时毫不犹豫地开火。
词语辨析
【hesitate, waver】
这组词都有“犹豫，踌躇”的意思，其区别是：
hesitate: 普通用词，一般指在决定干什么，选择什么或说什么等行动之前犹豫不决。
waver: 指因优柔寡断而迟迟不见行动，或虽作出决定，伸行动上却犹豫不决，因此含畏缩不前之意。
这组词都有“犹豫，踌躇”的意思，其区别是：
hesitate: 普通用词，一般指在决定干什么，选择什么或说什么等行动之前犹豫不决。
waver: 指因优柔寡断而迟迟不见行动，或虽作出决定，伸行动上却犹豫不决，因此含畏缩不前之意。