English Dictionary

vacillate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈvæ.sə.leɪt/

動詞

自動詞

(intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. / (intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

日本語の意味

不安定に左右に揺れる / 優柔不断に意見や行動が変わる

During the storm, the tall lighthouse began to vacillate, its beam wobbling as if it might fall.

嵐の間、高い灯台は左右にぐらつき始め、その光は倒れそうに揺れていた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

Its [the barometer's] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or even 30.05; […]

意味（2）

(intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Courageous, patriotic, yet vacillating, many of the noblest principles and the purest intentions, men of large possessions and ancient names, under the afflicting circumstances of the times, failed to render service to their unhappy country, but involved themselves in irremediable ruin.

vacillates （ present singular third-person ）

vacillating （ participle present ）

vacillated （ participle past ）

vacillated （ past ）