dither

英 [ˈdɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈdɪðər]

v.  犹豫不决; 踌躇
n.  犹豫不决; 踌躇; 紧张; 焦虑; 慌乱

过去式：dithered　现在分词：dithering　过去分词：dithered　复数：dithers　第三人称单数：dithers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18861 / COCA.25282

牛津词典

verb

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide
  1. She was dithering over what to wear.
     她拿不定主意穿什么好。
  2. Stop dithering and get on with it.
     别再犹豫了，继续干吧。

noun

• 犹豫不决；踌躇
  a state of not being able to decide what you should do
  1. I'm in a dither about who to invite.
     我拿不定主意邀请谁。
• 紧张；焦虑；慌乱
  a state of excitement or worry
  1. Don't get yourself in a dither over everything.
     不要什么事都紧张兮兮的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犹豫不决;踌躇
  When someonedithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.
  1. We're still dithering over whether to marry...
     我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。
  2. If you have been dithering about buying shares, now could be the time to do it.
     如果你一直在犹豫是否要买股票，现在或许是买的时候了。

英英释义

noun

• an excited state of agitation
  1. he was in a dither
  2. there was a terrible flap about the theft
  Synonym:potherfusstizzyflap

verb

• make a fuss
  Synonym:flappother
• act nervously

双语例句

• He's in a terrible dither, poor soul.
  他紧张得慌了手脚，可怜的家伙。
• A new type of dither mechanism with high performance is designed by using this method.
  从而找到了一套设计抖动机构的新方法，并运用此方法设计制造了一种性能优良的抖动机构。
• It has allowed politicians to dither ( particularly in the euro zone) and to put off tough fiscal choices.
  它使政治家们举步不前（特别是在欧元区），推迟了困难的财政选择。
• Some of the public thought it looked as if she felt she had something to prove, or as if she were afraid of her own femininity; as if this was a sign that as a leader she would dither in important matters, as well.
  在一些民众看来，这副打扮显得希拉里认为自己必须证明点什么，或者她是在害怕自己身上的女性特质，这似乎也是一个信号，表明她作为领导人遇到大事时会犹豫不决。
• Dither – Applies a sampling over the borders of the shadows, quite the same way anti-aliasing is applied by the OSA button on the borders of an object.
  抖动－在阴影边界应用采样，相同地，通过OSA按钮在物体边界应用反走样。
• Study in Digital Dither Bias Technique of Ring Laser Gyroscope
  环形激光陀螺数字抖动偏频技术研究
• Dither Signal Removal of Ring Laser Gyro Based on Correlate Filter Research on Cancelling Hand Tremor of Surgical Robot
  基于相关滤波技术实现激光陀螺抖动信号的剥除消除手术机器人人手抖动问题的研究
• Mr Obama also had good reason to dither over this particular conflict.
  奥巴马也有充分的理由对这场冲突犹豫不决。
• The result show the resolution of temperature measured by dither frequency is very high.
  由于测量抖动频率的精度较高，故由抖动频率测量温度具有很高的分辨率。
• We're still dithering over whether to marry
  我们仍在犹豫要不要结婚。