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vacillate

['væs(ə)leɪt] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. колебаться; проявлять нерешительность

  2. качаться, колебаться

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

vacillate

(between) колебаться (между чем-л. и чем-л.)

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Suppose, for example, that our benefactor begins to vacillate and wonders what it would cost to endow a chair providing $100,000 a year for only 20 years.
Предположим, нашего благотворителя внезапно посетило сомнение и теперь он желает знать, во что ему обойдется ежегодная выплата кафедре по 100 тыс. дол. в течение только 20 лет.
Brealey, Richard,Myers, Stewart / Principles of Corporate FinanceБрейли, Ричард,Майерс, Стюарт / Принципы корпоративных финансов
Принципы корпоративных финансов
Брейли, Ричард,Майерс, Стюарт
© 2003, 2000, 1996, 1991, 1988, 1984, 1981 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
© ЗАО «Олимп-Бизнес», перевод на рус. яз., оформление, 2004
Principles of Corporate Finance
Brealey, Richard,Myers, Stewart
© The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003
She was still vacillating, playing with her flashlight.
Она все еще сомневалась, задумчиво играя фонариком.
Strugatsky, Arkady,Strugatsky, Boris / The Ugly SwansСтругацкий, Аркадий,Стругацкий, Борис / Гадкие лебеди
Гадкие лебеди
Стругацкий, Аркадий,Стругацкий, Борис
The Ugly Swans
Strugatsky, Arkady,Strugatsky, Boris
© 1979 by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
First thing of all, without one thought of the plausible but unsatisfactory small beer, or the healthful though insipid soda- water, I take the deadly razor in my vacillating grasp; I proceed to skate upon the margin of eternity.
Первым делом, даже не помыслив о добродетельном, но никуда не годном пиве или о пользительной, но безвкусной содовой воде, я тут же нетвердою рукой хватаюсь за смертоносную бритву; я скольжу по краю вечности.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / St. IvesСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Сент Ив
Сент Ив
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
St. Ives
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Now the two of them were the official emissaries from the ruling council of the Rebel government to the vacillating underground on Circarpous.
Сейчас оба они были назначены официальными эмиссарами от правящего совета правительства восставших к подполью на Циркарпусе, все еще продолжавшему проявлять нерешительность.
Foster, Alan Dean / Splinter of the Mind's EyeФостер, Алан Дин / Осколок кристалла власти
Осколок кристалла власти
Фостер, Алан Дин
Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Foster, Alan Dean
© 1978 by The Star Wars Corporation
But this waiting—evasion—and so like Clyde, his vacillating, indefinite, uncertain mood, always.
Опять промедление, опять уклончивость... всегдашняя, такая характерная для Клайда неопределенность и нерешительность.
Dreiser, Theodore / An American TragedyДрайзер, Теодор / Американская трагедия
Американская трагедия
Драйзер, Теодор
© Вершинина З., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Галь Н., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО «Издательство «Эксмо». 2010
An American Tragedy
Dreiser, Theodore
© Horace Liveright, Inc., 1925
© Helen Dreiser, 1953
© Theodore Dreiser, 1926
She and Bunny had a relationship the likes of which I had seldom seen except in couples married for twenty years or more, a relationship which vacillated between the touching and the annoying.
Отношения, существовавшие между Марион и Банни, мне доводилось наблюдать разве что у супругов, проживших вместе по меньшей мере лет двадцать: отношения, постоянно колебавшиеся между трогательной заботой и мелочной раздражительностью.
Tartt, Donna / The Secret HistoryТартт, Донна / Тайная история
Тайная история
Тартт, Донна
© 1992 by Donna Tartt
© Д. Бородкин, Н. Ленцман, перевод на русский язык, 2007
© ООО "Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2009
The Secret History
Tartt, Donna
© 1992 by Donna Tartt

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'væs(ə)leɪtVerbколебаться; проявлять нерешительностьExamples

For weeks she vacillated between a home in the city and one in the country. — В течение долгих недель она не могла сделать выбор между городской квартирой и домом в деревне.

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vacillate

verb
Basic forms
Pastvacillated
Imperativevacillate
Present Participle (Participle I)vacillating
Past Participle (Participle II)vacillated
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I vacillatewe vacillate
you vacillateyou vacillate
he/she/it vacillatesthey vacillate
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am vacillatingwe are vacillating
you are vacillatingyou are vacillating
he/she/it is vacillatingthey are vacillating
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have vacillatedwe have vacillated
you have vacillatedyou have vacillated
he/she/it has vacillatedthey have vacillated
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been vacillatingwe have been vacillating
you have been vacillatingyou have been vacillating
he/she/it has been vacillatingthey have been vacillating
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I vacillatedwe vacillated
you vacillatedyou vacillated
he/she/it vacillatedthey vacillated
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was vacillatingwe were vacillating
you were vacillatingyou were vacillating
he/she/it was vacillatingthey were vacillating
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had vacillatedwe had vacillated
you had vacillatedyou had vacillated
he/she/it had vacillatedthey had vacillated
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been vacillatingwe had been vacillating
you had been vacillatingyou had been vacillating
he/she/it had been vacillatingthey had been vacillating
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will vacillatewe shall/will vacillate
you will vacillateyou will vacillate
he/she/it will vacillatethey will vacillate
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be vacillatingwe shall/will be vacillating
you will be vacillatingyou will be vacillating
he/she/it will be vacillatingthey will be vacillating
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have vacillatedwe shall/will have vacillated
you will have vacillatedyou will have vacillated
he/she/it will have vacillatedthey will have vacillated
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been vacillatingwe shall/will have been vacillating
you will have been vacillatingyou will have been vacillating
he/she/it will have been vacillatingthey will have been vacillating
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would vacillatewe should/would vacillate
you would vacillateyou would vacillate
he/she/it would vacillatethey would vacillate
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be vacillatingwe should/would be vacillating
you would be vacillatingyou would be vacillating
he/she/it would be vacillatingthey would be vacillating
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have vacillatedwe should/would have vacillated
you would have vacillatedyou would have vacillated
he/she/it would have vacillatedthey would have vacillated
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been vacillatingwe should/would have been vacillating
you would have been vacillatingyou would have been vacillating
he/she/it would have been vacillatingthey would have been vacillating
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am vacillatedwe are vacillated
you are vacillatedyou are vacillated
he/she/it is vacillatedthey are vacillated
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being vacillatedwe are being vacillated
you are being vacillatedyou are being vacillated
he/she/it is being vacillatedthey are being vacillated
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been vacillatedwe have been vacillated
you have been vacillatedyou have been vacillated
he/she/it has been vacillatedthey have been vacillated
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was vacillatedwe were vacillated
you were vacillatedyou were vacillated
he/she/it was vacillatedthey were vacillated
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being vacillatedwe were being vacillated
you were being vacillatedyou were being vacillated
he/she/it was being vacillatedthey were being vacillated
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been vacillatedwe had been vacillated
you had been vacillatedyou had been vacillated
he/she/it had been vacillatedthey had been vacillated
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be vacillatedwe shall/will be vacillated
you will be vacillatedyou will be vacillated
he/she/it will be vacillatedthey will be vacillated
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been vacillatedwe shall/will have been vacillated
you will have been vacillatedyou will have been vacillated
he/she/it will have been vacillatedthey will have been vacillated