英语释义

1. shiver, tremble
the dithering of grass
— Wallace Stevens

2. to act nervously or indecisively vacillate
dithering about what to do next There's no time to dither.

3. a highly nervous, excited, or agitated state excitement, confusion
The news of her arrival had us all in a dither.

4. to delay taking action because you are not sure about what to do

5. a very nervous, confused, or excited state

6. a very nervous or excited state
The bride's parents were all in a dither.

片语

dithered scanning颤化扫瞄

Dithered Modulation抖动调制

dithered vibratile颤动的

Dithered Transparency处理透明的混合色

dithered color a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color

同义词： nonsolid color nonsolid colour dithered colour

dithered coupling抖动耦合

dithered ring抖动偏频

quantization dithered混加颤动讯号之量化

dithered colour抖动色

英汉例句

• in america congress dithered over the bush administration’s $700 billion bail-out plan.

  在美国，国会犹豫不决地通过了布什政府7000亿美元的救市计划。

• mr obama and his advisers, at odds over strategy, dithered over allocating troops and, far worse, set a date for them to start their withdrawal .

  奥巴马先生和他的智囊团在战略上存在分歧，因此不仅在军队配置上，更糟糕的是在撤军时间表上，都举棋不定。

• then japanese politicians, acting with the same sublime ineptitude that our own house of representatives displayed this week, ignored a growing banking crisis and dithered on a bailout.

  那时的日本政治家表现出了不顾后果的不称职，正如众议院这个星期的表现，他们无视了一个银行业危机的扩大，对救市犹豫不决。

• having dithered for much of the past year, companies are getting serious about cost-control.

  在过去的一年内大多数时间都战战兢兢后，各个公司都开始认真地考虑成本控制问题。

• murdoch dithered over the 2008 presidential election, eventually backing john mccain.

  2008年美国总统大选中默多克犹豫不决，最终选择共和党的约翰.麦凯恩。

• meanwhile, the interim government has dithered and bungled, dragging down the economy and making thaksinomics, for all its other flaws, look good.

  同时，临时政府的糟糕表现拉跨了经济而（不得不）使用他信经济，因为临时政府其它的弊病，看起来不错。

• its military leaders, who said they would hold the fort temporarily until multi-party elections had produced a genuine government of the people, have dithered and waffled.

  虽然军方领导人曾说过在多党民主选举出一个真正的人民政府之前他们只是暂且主持大局，但他们的表现却显得闪烁其辞、犹豫不定。

• if only: ask refugees in chad, who had to wait for months as the eu dithered about sending peacekeepers.

  去问问乍得的难民吧，他们望眼欲穿了几个月，欧盟才颤巍巍地把和平部队派过去。

• it can measure how many went straight to one brand, the number that dithered and those that compared several, at the same time as sorting shoppers by age, gender and ethnicity.

  它可以测算有多少人径直走向某种品牌，有多少人在某一品牌前犹豫，以及那些商品被人用来进行比较。与此同时，它还可以通过年龄、性别和种族对购物者进行分类。

• mr obama and his advisers, at odds over strategy, dithered over allocating troops and, far worse, set a date for them to start their withdrawal 。

  奥巴马先生和他的智囊团在战略上存在分歧，因此不仅在军队配置上，更糟糕的是在撤军时间表上，都举棋不定。奥巴马及其顾问在战略上存在分歧，因此不仅在军队部署方面举棋不定，更糟糕的是，他们竟然为开始从阿富汗撤军设定日期。

• if you dithered for ages yesterday and found the tuna melt horrid, it increases your determination to choose something today that is better. and that ratchets up the anxiety even further.

  假如你昨天犹豫半天才选了金枪鱼三明治，然后发现吃起来很可怕，你今天就会有更大的决心选一种更好吃的食物，这就进一步加重了你的焦虑感。

• while the kyrgyz cities of osh and jalalabad burned, sending almost 100, 000 ethnic uzbeks fleeing into uzbekistan, moscow dithered and then sent a few planeloads of humanitarian aid.

  当吉尔吉斯斯坦的城市奥什和贾拉拉巴德被放火，导致10万乌兹别克族人套完乌兹别克斯坦境内时，莫斯科惊慌失措了，然后用飞机派遣了少量的军人进行人道主义救援。

• banks that needed equity but dithered last year discovered to their cost that the pool of available capital was not limitless; they had to pay far more for it later, if they could get it at all.

  需要股票权益的银行去年却犹豫了并发现了现有的资金是无数的。如果他们能够得到所有的话，必须过后付的更多。

• the last government dithered and was preoccupied with bolstering india「s welfare state. india」s new rulers must be more strategic and ruthless. their task has three parts.

  上届政府犹豫不决，一心致力于改善印度的福利状况。印度的新领导们应该更有策略，更加果决。他们的任务分为三个部分。

• for japan dithered mightily in tackling its problems.

  而日本则在解决自身问题方面犹豫不决。

• during the 「lost decade」 of 1991-2002 japanese firms dithered rather than adopting the harsh measures that might have prevented a drawn-out stagnation.

  在1991-2002的「失去的十年」期间，对于可能阻止旷日持久的萧条的严厉措施，日本企业曾经犹豫不决。

• it’s a good story: europeans dithered on deficits, and that led to crisis.

  这种说法没错：欧洲人面对赤字犹豫不决，结果引发了危机。

• so far, obama seems to have pleased almost no one. for those who had been urging military action from the start, obama dithered and remains too cautious.

  到目前为止，奥巴马的决策似乎深不得人心——在那些一开始就敦促才去军事行动的国家看来，奥巴马太犹豫，太谨慎；

• the country’s self-defence forces, which dithered in response to the kobe earthquake in 1995, have poured into the stricken area.

  该国的自卫队在应对1995年的神户地震时犹豫不决，此次已经涌入重灾区。

• earlier this year, president nicolas sarkozy dithered before ditching michèle alliot-marie as foreign minister over her ties to the discredited tunisian regime.

  今年早些时候，尼古拉斯?萨科奇（nicolassarkozy）总统在罢免由于与名誉扫地的突尼斯政权有联系的法国外交部长米歇尔?阿里奥-玛丽（michèlealliot-marie）前还是有所迟疑。

• mrs merkel is not to blame for the euro crisis but she dithered when it came, hoping that bail-outs of greece and other shaky euro-zone members could be put off until after nrw’s election.

  默克尔不是把责任推卸给欧元危机，但处在欧元危机中时她似乎不知所措，寄希望于希腊及其他受困国家的援助计划能够在北威州选举后再推行。

• for those who had been urging military action from the start, obama dithered and remains too cautious.

  到目前为止，奥巴马的决策似乎深不得人心——在那些一开始就敦促才去军事行动的国家看来，奥巴马太犹豫，太谨慎；

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