dithering

英 [ˈdɪðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɪðərɪŋ]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
dither的现在分词

现在分词：dithering　

计算机

BNC.37764 / COCA.43515

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

• the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color

双语例句

• We're still dithering over whether to marry
  我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
• 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。
• She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.
  她还在犹豫不决，不知要不要接受刚提供给她的工作。
• But Mulally's decision to "make that happen" comes only after several weeks of dithering.
  仅仅经过几周的犹豫，穆拉利就下定了决心。
• She was dithering about what to wear.
  她犹豫不决，不知道该穿什么。
• There is, in fact, a long and honourable tradition of dithering in US foreign policy.
  事实上，美国的外交政策在犹豫不决方面有着悠久历史和优良传统。
• But it is also a signal to a fractious Europe that markets are losing patience with endless political dithering.
  但它也向任性的欧洲发出一个信号：市场正对无休止的政治迟疑失去耐心。
• Stop dithering about which film you want to see.
  别再犹豫到底看哪一部电影了。
• I predict that the European Council would take such a step if pressed maybe after some dithering by Germany.
  我预计，如果受到压力，欧盟委员会（europeancouncil）将采取这样的举措或许是在德国稍为踌躇之后。
• Such dithering is to confidence what termites are to wooden roof beams.
  现在的问题，也是有由那只白蚁最终把木房顶咬烂的问题了。