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Hesitate I Pause People Hezɪteɪt Hesitated Taking Side

Front hesitate
Pron ['hezɪteɪt]
Back 【HESITATE】
I hesitated about taking his side until I knew the whole story.
我在知道这事以前犹豫是否支持他。
【重点词汇】
hesitate v. 犹豫
Vocab
hesitatepause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

To hesitate is to pause before doing something, often out of concern or worry.

If you're playing basketball and have a wide-open shot but don't take it right away, you hesitated. Maybe you felt too much pressure to shoot the ball. When people are nervous or worried, they tend to hesitate. Hesitating while speaking is common. In class, if you're not sure you have the right answer, you'll hesitate. When giving bad news, people often hesitate. Sometimes it makes sense to hesitate and sometimes you just need to do what you have to do.

All forms of 'hesitate' will appear on average once every 88 pages.
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