dither

英 [ˈdɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈdɪðər]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
n.  犹豫不决; 踌躇; 紧张; 焦虑; 慌乱

过去式：dithered　现在分词：dithering　过去分词：dithered　复数：dithers　第三人称单数：dithers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18861 / COCA.25282

牛津词典

verb

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide
  1. She was dithering over what to wear.
     她拿不定主意穿什么好。
  2. Stop dithering and get on with it.
     别再犹豫了，继续干吧。

noun

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  a state of not being able to decide what you should do
  1. I'm in a dither about who to invite.
     我拿不定主意邀请谁。
• 紧张；焦虑；慌乱
  a state of excitement or worry
  1. Don't get yourself in a dither over everything.
     不要什么事都紧张兮兮的。

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。

英英释义

noun

• an excited state of agitation
  1. he was in a dither
  2. there was a terrible flap about the theft
  Synonym:potherfusstizzyflap

verb

• make a fuss
  Synonym:flappother
• act nervously

双语例句

• He's in a terrible dither, poor soul.
  他紧张得慌了手脚，可怜的家伙。
• Dither – Applies a sampling over the borders of the shadows, quite the same way anti-aliasing is applied by the OSA button on the borders of an object.
  抖动－在阴影边界应用采样，相同地，通过OSA按钮在物体边界应用反走样。
• On the first pass, it has come from its essential dither point between the Sun and its second foci, the Sun's binary, so has traveled, suddenly, a longer distance than it does on the return trip.
  在它第一次通过时，它来自于太阳和太阳的第二个“焦点”，即太阳的双星之间的基本“颤抖点”，因而与它回程的时候相比，突然穿越了更长的距离。
• A new type of dither mechanism with high performance is designed by using this method.
  从而找到了一套设计抖动机构的新方法，并运用此方法设计制造了一种性能优良的抖动机构。
• They may dither, and vacillate between denial and acceptance, and this is quite common.
  他们可能会踌躇，并且在否认与接受之间犹豫，这很普通。
• Economists warned politicians not to dither.
  经济学家警告政客们不要犹豫。
• Experiments show this algorithm has a faster convergence speed and the dither signal can be removed effectively.
  结果表明，该算法具有较快的收敛速度且能够有效去除激光陀螺计数脉冲中的抖动成分。
• It artificially softens the borders of shadows; when the Samples is set very low, you can expect poor results, so Dither is better used with medium Samples values.
  这样可以逼真地锐化阴影的边界；当采样值很低时，效果很差，所以抖动和中度采样值一起使用。
• It has allowed politicians to dither ( particularly in the euro zone) and to put off tough fiscal choices.
  它使政治家们举步不前（特别是在欧元区），推迟了困难的财政选择。
• And the Fed has perhaps learned that it is better to act swiftly rather than dither.
  联合理事会也许已经学会了更好的快速执行而不是犹豫不决。