喜樂美語
  1. 1nC2/ˌhezɪˈteɪʃən/猶豫；遲疑

    a short pause before you say or do something, because you feel unsure or nervous.

    示範例句 · Example

    He agreed without hesitation when Mei asked for help with her project.

    逐字當美請他幫忙她的專題時，他沒有猶豫地同意了。

    「hesitation」是名詞，指「說出口或動手之前，心裡停的那一下」——因為不確定、有點緊張，所以慢了一拍。核心畫面可以想成「停一下再動」：after some hesitation （猶豫了一下之後）→ a slight hesitation（小小的遲疑）→ without hesitation （連那一下都沒有，馬上做）。跟 hesitate 容易搞混：hesitate 是動詞（猶豫），hesitation 是名詞（那次猶豫／那一下停頓）。

    常見搭配

    • without hesitation

      毫不猶豫地

      quickly and with no pause, because you feel sure

      She said yes without hesitation.

    • after some hesitation

      猶豫了一下之後

      after pausing for a short time because you feel unsure

      After some hesitation, one of them began to speak.

    • have no hesitation in doing something

      毫不猶豫地做某事

      to feel sure enough to do something without worrying

      I would have no hesitation in recommending Philip for the team.

    • a slight hesitation

      輕微的猶豫；小小的停頓

      a very small pause before speaking or acting

      There was a slight hesitation in Jamie's voice.

    • a brief hesitation

      短暫的猶豫

      a short pause before you continue

      After a brief hesitation, he followed her example.

    • a momentary hesitation

      片刻的猶豫

      a pause that lasts only a moment

      After a momentary hesitation, Hana opened the classroom door.

    意思相近

    pausedoubtuncertaintydelaywavering

    用法接近

    pausereluctancenervousnesssecond thought

    意思相反

    certaintyconfidencedecisivenesseagerness

core核心畫面

Picture the small silence between a question and the answer — the half-second where you can hear someone deciding. Hesitation names that gap. It is short enough that people notice it mostly when it is absent, which is why the word turns up so often in the negative.

可以想成：問題和回答之間那一小段安靜——半秒鐘，聽得出對方正在拿主意。hesitation 就是那個空檔。它短到人們通常只有在「沒有它」的時候才會注意到，這也是為什麼這個字很常出現在否定的說法裡：沒有一絲遲疑，反而是最需要被說出來的。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 hesitations

意思相近

pausedoubtuncertaintydelaywavering

用法接近

pausereluctancenervousnesssecond thought

意思相反

certaintyconfidencedecisivenesseagerness

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

hesitationnoun/ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

  • 1

    An act of hesitating

  • 2

    Doubt; vacillation.

    • She carried out the order without hesitation.
  • 3

    A faltering in speech; stammering.

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