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    dither查询结果如下:

    音标:['dɪðər] 现在分词:dithering
    过去式:dithered 过去分词:dithered
    名词复数:dither 第三人称单数:dithers
    基本释义/说明:n.抖;发抖;兴奋
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    n.
    ①颤抖;
    be all of (in) a dither
    浑身发抖.
    ②犹豫;
    He`s got the dithers about the choice.
    他拿不定主意选哪一个.
    vi.
    ①发抖;
    ②游移不决;
    He sat there dithering over his decisions.
    他坐在那儿拿不定主意.
    -扩展释义
    n.
    使...颤抖;使...发抖,高频振动
    n.
    1. 【口】慌乱;紧张,2. 颤抖,vi.1. 【口】慌乱,2. 踌躇;犹豫
    Instead, like the rest of Washington, it’s inventing reasons to dither in the face of mass unemployment.
    反而,跟华盛顿的其他部门一样,以各种理由在面对大量失业的情况下犹豫不决。
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    形容词 变体/同根词

    unable to think straight || constantly moving about
    “I’ve never understood how anyone could be so dithery as to have no idea who to vote for.”
    “Ahead of them was another reception desk with another dithery, blonde receptionist behind it.”
    “Things liven up, too, when Mr G appears, shaky and dithery in his stained white suit, having problems with his colostomy bag.”

    动词 变体/同根词

    dither的第三人称单数形式
    “While the FDA dithers, the case against selling EC over the counter weakens by the day.”
    “In the face of this, official Ottawa dithers and slithers, hoping questions about Arar will go away.”
    “While the government dithers, the awful record of deaths at work gets worse.”
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