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One way to hold it: the small gap before you move. Your hand is already half way to the door, or the sentence is half way out, and something makes you hold still for a second — you are not sure, or you do not want to get it wrong. That pause is the whole word.
可以想成動作之前的那個小小空檔：手已經伸到一半、話也講到一半，忽然停住一秒——因為沒把握，或怕做錯。hesitate…更多收起
可以想成動作之前的那個小小空檔：手已經伸到一半、話也講到一半，忽然停住一秒——因為沒把握，或怕做錯。hesitate 講的就是那個停頓本身，不是最後做不做。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hesitateverb/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/
- 1
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
- He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
- September 1, 1742, Alexander Pope, letter to Racine I shall not hesitate to declare myself very cordially, in regard to some particulars about which you have desired an answer.
- 2
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- 3
rareTo utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
- Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。