hesitant多益
多益新增字・持續校對中，發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
猶豫的；遲疑不決的
多益職場情境常考的猶豫用詞
Before answering, Jason paused, hesitant, and looked down at his shoes.
回答之前，Jason 停頓了一下，猶豫地低頭看著自己的鞋子。
一個畫面：跳水板前腳尖懸空
腳尖懸空站在跳水板邊緣，腳尖探出又縮回
深呼吸停下來吸一口氣，替自己壯膽
遲遲不跳明知該跳，卻遲遲跨不出那一步
義項
跳水猶豫B2adjective猶豫的；遲疑不決的
Amy stood at the edge of the pool, hesitant to jump into the cold water.
Amy 站在泳池邊，猶豫著要不要跳進冷水裡。
seem hesitanthesitant to speak
片語
feel hesitant心裡打鼓 →心裡猶豫不安
hesitant smile勉強微笑 →帶著猶豫的微笑
seem hesitant面露遲疑 →看起來很猶豫
你會不會這樣說？
She was ___ to answer the question. (hesitant / hesitate)
看答案
hesitant
hesitant 是形容詞、hesitate 是動詞，be 動詞後面接形容詞。
Amy 站在泳池邊猶豫，這代表她 (A) 很興奮想跳 (B) 遲遲不敢跳 (C) 已經跳下去了
看答案
(B)
hesitant 表示遲疑不決，尚未採取行動。
字族
hesitate 猶豫；遲疑（動詞）・hesitation 猶豫；遲疑（名詞）・hesitantly 猶豫地（副詞）
順路看看
reluctant — 不情願，語氣比 hesitant 更抗拒多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
會議發言
The new assistant was hesitant to ask a question during the meeting.
新來的助理對於在會議中提問有些猶豫。
工作輪調
Mina was hesitant about moving to another department.
Mina 對於調到另一個部門猶豫不決。
詞族
hesitant adjective 猶豫的・hesitate verb 猶豫；遲疑・hesitation noun 猶豫；遲疑・hesitantly adverb 猶豫地
四選一
Because the instructions were unclear, the assistant was ____ about changing the schedule.
看答案
hesitant
本句用 was hesitant about 表示助理對某事感到猶豫。hesitation 是名詞，不能在此表示人的狀態；hesitate 是原形動詞，不能直接接在 was 後；hesitantly 是副詞，不能作本句所需的形容詞補語。
同義改寫
The new assistant was hesitant to ask a question during the meeting. → The new assistant felt unsure about asking a question during the meeting.
此處兩句都表達助理對於開口提問感到不確定、有所遲疑，未斷言最後是否提問。
Mina was hesitant about moving to another department. → Mina felt uncertain about moving to another department.
此處 hesitant 與 felt uncertain 都表示對調部門尚有疑慮，並不表示已經拒絕。