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 tends to get all of a dither when there are many possible choices.
  面临很多选择时，他便会犹豫不决。
• Nothing irritates the regular customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order.
  酒吧常客和酒保最腻味的就是一大夥人堵在吧台边，一边聊著一边又犹豫不知喝什麽酒好。
• 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。
• The sight of the policeman made the murderer all of a dither.
  一见到警察，那个谋杀者吓得浑身发抖。
• 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。
• Other banks are hoarding earnings or shrinking assets, or the reverse, choosing to ramp up risk again while regulators dither.
  其它银行要么在囤积收益、削减资产规模，要么反过来，选择在监管机构犹豫不决之际提高风险水平。
• 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。
• The result show the resolution of temperature measured by dither frequency is very high.
  由于测量抖动频率的精度较高，故由抖动频率测量温度具有很高的分辨率。
• 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。