waver
verb /ˈweɪvə(r)/
/ˈweɪvər/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they waver | /ˈweɪvə(r)/ /ˈweɪvər/ |
he / she / it wavers | /ˈweɪvəz/ /ˈweɪvərz/ |
past simple wavered | /ˈweɪvəd/ /ˈweɪvərd/ |
past participle wavered | /ˈweɪvəd/ /ˈweɪvərd/ |
-ing form wavering | /ˈweɪvərɪŋ/ /ˈweɪvərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to be or become weak or unsteady
减弱;动摇;颤抖 - His voice wavered with emotion.
他激动得嗓音发抖。 - Her smile wavered and she began to cry.
她的微笑动摇了,她开始哭了。 - Her determination never wavered.
她的决心从未动摇过。 - She never wavered in her determination to succeed.
她要取得成功的决心从未动摇过。
- Her voice wavered slightly.
她的声音微微颤抖。 - His smile never wavered.
他的笑容从未动摇过。 - She was beginning to waver in her loyalty to the company.
她开始动摇对公司的忠诚。 - They have never wavered from that view.
他们从未动摇过这一观点。
- His voice wavered with emotion.
- [intransitive] waver (between A and B) | waver (on/over something) to hesitate and be unable to make a decision or choice
synonym hesitate踌躇;犹豫不决;举棋不定 - She's wavering between buying a house in the city or moving away.
她举棋不定,不知是在这个城市里买所房子,还是迁居他处。
- She's wavering between buying a house in the city or moving away.
- [intransitive] (especially of light
) to move in an unsteady way尤指光 摇曳;闪烁;忽明忽暗
词源Middle English: from Old Norse vafra ‘flicker’, of Germanic origin. Compare with wave.