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shilly-shally

音標['?ili,??li] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vi. 猶豫不決, 遊手好閒
n. 猶豫不決
a. 猶豫不決的
ad. 猶豫不決地

詞型變化:

名詞複數:shilly-shallies 名詞:shilly-shallier 動詞過去式:shilly-shallied 過去分詞:shilly-shallied 現在分詞:shillyshallying 第三人稱單數:shilly-shallies 

英文解釋:

名詞 shilly-shally:

  1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
    同義詞:procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally

動詞 shilly-shally:

  1. be uncertain and vague
    同義詞:shillyshally
  2. postpone doing what one should be doing
    同義詞:procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally

例句:

  1. If you keep shilly-shallying like this we'll be late.
    要是你老這樣舉棋不定,我們就來不及了。

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