indecision 音标拼音: [ɪndɪs'ɪʒən]
n . 优柔寡断
优柔寡断
indecision n 1 :
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action ; "
his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost " [
synonym : {
indecision },
{
indecisiveness }, {
irresolution }]
2 :
the trait of irresolution ;
a lack of firmness of character or purpose ; "
the king '
s incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court " [
synonym : {
indecisiveness }, {
indecision }] [
ant :
{
decision }, {
decisiveness }]
Indecision \
In `
de *
ci "
sion \,
n . [
Pref .
in -
not decision :
cf .
F .
ind ['
e ]
cision .]
Lack of decision ;
lack of settled purpose ,
or of firmness ;
indetermination ;
wavering of mind ;
irresolution ;
vacillation ;
hesitation .
[
1913 Webster ]
The term indecision . . .
implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution ;
yet it has a tendency to produce it . --
Shenstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
Indecision . . .
is the natural accomplice of violence .
--
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
indecision ":
ambitendency ,
ambivalence ,
capriciousness ,
chance ,
chanciness ,
change of mind ,
changeableness ,
double -
mindedness ,
dubiety ,
dubiousness ,
erraticism ,
erraticness ,
fence -
sitting ,
fence -
straddling ,
fickleness ,
fluctuation ,
hesitancy ,
hesitation ,
incalculability ,
incertitude ,
inconstancy ,
indecisiveness ,
indemonstrability ,
indeterminacy ,
indetermination ,
indeterminism ,
infirmity of purpose ,
instability ,
irresolution ,
luck ,
mercuriality ,
mugwumpery ,
mugwumpism ,
randomness ,
second thoughts ,
shilly -
shally ,
shilly -
shallying ,
suspense ,
suspensefulness ,
tergiversation ,
to -
and -
fro ,
unaccountability ,
uncertainness ,
uncertainty ,
uncertainty principle ,
undecidedness ,
undeterminedness ,
unforeseeableness ,
unpredictability ,
unprovability ,
unsettledness ,
unsettlement ,
unsureness ,
unverifiability ,
vacillation ,
wavering ,
whimsicality
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