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    Unable to decide what to do, and showing it — hesitating, hanging back, changing your mind. To be resolute is to be firm and settled in your decision, so this is the opposite: no firmness. It describes a person, or the way a person stands, speaks, or moves at a moment of choice: he stood irresolute in the doorway. English often uses it of leaders and governments as criticism, meaning weak and slow to act. It is formal and literary; in ordinary talk people say 'he couldn't make up his mind' or 'she was hesitant'. Worth noticing: it is not the same as 'undecided'. 'Undecided' is a plain fact about where you are — an undecided voter is simply still choosing. 'Irresolute' is about your character or your bearing in the moment, and it usually sounds like a fault.

    優柔寡斷的、猶豫不決的

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組成ir- ('not') + resolute ('firm in a decision'). From French irrésolu, or built in English from ir- + resolute; first seen around 1580.

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  • resolutethe positive opposite — firm and determined
  • resolveto settle a question, or the firmness itself
  • resolutiona firm decision you have settled on

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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irresoluteadj/ɪˈrɛz.əˌl(j)uːt/

  • 1

    Undecided or unsure how to act.

    • As the seeress stood irresolute the tall young secretary half rose and whispered something in her ear.
  • 2

    Indecisive or lacking in resolution.

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