hesitation學測 L4KK [ˌhɛzəˈteʃən] ｜ /ˌhɛzəˈteɪʃən/
猶豫；舉棋不定·遲疑；不情願
學測愛考,常搭配 without 使用
She answered without hesitation, as if she already knew the answer.
她毫不猶豫地回答，彷彿早就知道答案。
一個畫面：腳步卡住,遲遲不邁出
抬腳猶豫腳懸在半空,遲遲不落下
開口卡住話到嘴邊,卻遲遲說不出口
義項
舉棋不定C1noun猶豫；舉棋不定
After a long hesitation, she finally said yes to the plan.
猶豫了很久之後，她終於同意了這個計畫。
without hesitation
遲疑不情願B2noun遲疑；不情願
After some hesitation, he agreed to join the school basketball team.
遲疑了一下之後，他還是加入了校籃球隊。
some hesitation
片語
without hesitation毫不猶豫 →毫不遲疑地立刻行動
no hesitation毫無猶豫 →一點也不猶豫遲疑
with hesitation略顯遲疑 →帶著猶豫遲疑的態度
你會不會這樣說？
She said yes ___ hesitation. (without / hesitate)
看答案
without
hesitation 是名詞,常接在 without 之後。
'After some hesitation, he agreed to join the team.' 這裡的 hesitation 較接近哪個意思？(A) 猶豫不決 (B) 遲疑不情願
看答案
(B)
此句表達勉強同意的遲疑,對應「遲疑；不情願」義項。
字族
hesitate 猶豫,遲疑(動詞)・hesitant 猶豫的,遲疑的(形容詞)
順路看看
reluctant — 強調心不甘情不願,常接 to Vdoubtful — 心存懷疑,不確定結果會如何多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
會議中的決策
After a brief hesitation, the manager chose a date for the workshop.
經理短暫猶豫後，選定了工作坊的日期。
工作分配
Rita expressed some hesitation about taking on another project because her schedule was already full.
Rita 對再接一個專案表現出些許遲疑，因為她的行程已經排滿。
詞族
hesitate verb 猶豫；遲疑・hesitation noun 猶豫；不情願・hesitant adjective 猶豫的；遲疑的・hesitantly adverb 猶豫地；遲疑地
四選一
The coordinator responded without ____ when asked to lead the workshop.
看答案
hesitation
介系詞 without 後可接名詞 hesitation，without hesitation 表示毫不猶豫地。hesitant 是形容詞、hesitate 是動詞原形、hesitantly 是副詞，都不能直接作為本句 without 的受詞。
同義改寫
The coordinator accepted the assignment without hesitation. → The coordinator accepted the assignment without hesitating.
without hesitation 與 without hesitating 都表示接受任務時毫不猶豫；此處動名詞 hesitating 可以接在介系詞後。
Rita showed some hesitation about taking on another project because her schedule was full. → Rita showed some reluctance to take on another project because her schedule was full.
在行程已滿的情境中，hesitation 指有些不願意再接工作，some reluctance 保留這種程度與原因。