Vacillate

vacillate







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vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



         1.    動搖;猶豫;躊躇[(+between)]

                         She is vacillating between hope and fear.

                         她一會兒充滿希望一會兒深懷恐懼,如此反覆不已。

         2.    搖擺;波動





　As Eli, Paul Dano's voice vacillates between [a soft-spoken gentleness in his serene moments] and [a thin, reedy (蘆葦,似笛聲的) growl during his Biblical orations]. He goes toe-to-toe with Day-Lewis and provides the film with an air of mystery. 





　It is Conchita's emotional ambivalence towards the tenaciously persistent suitor that is reflected through the physical vacillation between [the two actresses playing the role of Conchita, Carole Bouquet (cold and demure)] and [Angela Molina (sensual and aggressive).]





vacillate [vas-uh-leyt] between [a] and [b]

oscillate [os-uh-leyt] figuratively, to vacillate between [a] and [b]



tenacious tenuous  

demure pert