slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain, embarrassed or unwilling 猶豫的;躊躇的;不情願的 a hesitant smile 勉強的微笑 the baby’s first few hesitant steps 嬰兒最初的遲疑的幾步 It was a few seconds before she heard a hesitant reply. 幾秒鐘後她才聽到對方支支吾吾地回答她。 - hesitant about something
She's hesitant about signing the contract. 她對是否簽這個合同還猶豫不決。 - hesitant to do something
Doctors are hesitant to comment on the new treatment. 醫生們不願對新療法作出評論。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHesitant is used with these nouns:- step
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin haesitant- ‘being undecided’, from the verb haesitare, from haerere ‘stick, stay’.