shilly-shally

英式音标：[ˈʃɪli ʃæli]

美式音标：[ˈʃɪliˌʃæli]

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概况：

vi. 犹豫不决；踌躇；优柔寡断

adv. 慢吞吞地；犹豫不决地

adj. 犹豫不决的；优柔寡断的

n. 犹豫不决；优柔寡断

词义：

n.

犹豫不决；

vi.

犹豫不决；踌躇；优柔寡断；

adv.

慢吞吞地；犹豫不决地；

adj.

犹豫不决的；优柔寡断的；

变形

复数：shilly-shallies过去式：shilly-shallied过去分词：shilly-shallied现在分词：shilly-shallying第三人称单数：shilly-shallies

英英释义

shilly-shally[ 'ʃili,ʃæli ]

n.the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

同义词：procrastinationcunctationshillyshally

v.

be uncertain and vague

同义词：shillyshally

postpone doing what one should be doing

同义词：procrastinatestalldrag one's feetdrag one's heelsshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally

用法：

双语例句

If you keep shilly-shallying like this we'll be late.
要是你老这样举棋不定，我们就来不及了。

权威例句

SHILLY SHALLY

Clinical utility of serum human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 extracellular domain levels: stop the shilly-shally--it is time f...

Reduplicative words in English; a study of formations of the types tick-tick, hurly-burly, and shilly-shally

HCSR Continues to Shilly-shally

Tackling a Shilly-Shally Classifier for Predicting Task Success in Spoken Dialogue Interaction

Shilly-Shally Redux: TROLLOPE, READE, AND AUTHORSHIP

从shilly-shally谈词源与词义

从shilly-shally说起

Shilly-Shally Solutions

Reduplicative Words in English: A Study of Formations of the Types Tick-Tick, Hurly-Burly and Shilly-Shally by Nils Thun

同义词：sluggishly,irresolution,indecisive,indecision,dithery

英语词源：

shilly-shally (v.)

"to vacillate," 1782, from adverbial expression to stand shilly-shally (1703), earlier shill I, shall I (1700), a fanciful reduplication of shall I? (compare wishy-washy, dilly-dally, etc.). From 1734 as an adjective, by 1755 as a noun. Related: Shilly-shallying (1816).

造句：

1. When a woman is in labour, her cervix opens up to allow the baby to be born.

当妇女分娩时, 子宫颈张开让婴儿生出来.

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2. The uterus consists of two uterine horns, a body and a cervix.

子宫是由两个子宫角, 一个子宫体和一个子宫颈构成.

来自辞典例句

3. The cervix is the flexib 1 e region between the head and prothorax.

颈是头部和前胸之间可曲的区域.

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4. The female reproductive organs are composed of ovaries, oviducts, uterus, cervix uteri, vagina and external genitalia.

女性生殖器官是由卵巢, 输卵管 、 子宫 、 子宫颈 、 阴道和外生殖器组成.

来自辞典例句

5. Here is a normal cervix with a smooth, glistening mucosal surface.

图示:正常宫颈, 粘膜表面平滑.

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