Irresolutely

释义 Definition

irresolutely（副词）：优柔寡断地；不果断地；犹豫不决地。常用来描述一个人在做决定或采取行动时缺乏坚定态度。（也可引申为“缺少决心地”。）

发音 Pronunciation (IPA)

/ɪˈrɛzəluːtli/

例句 Examples

She stood at the door irresolutely.
她站在门口，犹豫不决。

He answered irresolutely, torn between loyalty to his friend and the truth he knew he had to tell.
他回答得优柔寡断，在对朋友的忠诚与他明知必须说出的真相之间左右为难。

词源 Etymology

来自 ir-（否定前缀，“不”）+ resolute（坚决的，果断的）+ -ly（副词后缀）。resolute 源自拉丁语 resolutus，有“解开、化解后变得坚定/确定”的含义；加上否定前缀后，整体表示“缺乏坚定与决断”，即“优柔寡断地”。

相关词 Related Words

• Hesitantly
• Uncertainly
• Indecisively
• Ambivalently
• Tentatively
• Resolutely
• Decisively

文学作品 Literary Works

• The Secret Agent — Joseph Conrad
• Jude the Obscure — Thomas Hardy
• The Portrait of a Lady — Henry James