爱华网hang back;hesitate to move forward;hesitate to take [make] a move;jib ;
【注音】：chóu chú bù qián
【释义】：踌躇：迟疑不决的样子。犹豫不决，不敢前进。
【事例】: 干事情不能～，坐失良机。
【用法】：作谓语、宾语、定语;用于书面语
近义词：望而却步、停滞不前、缩手缩脚、畏缩不前、望而生畏、畏葸不前、踌躇不安、谨小慎微
反义词：勇往直前、挺身而出、无所畏惧、锐意进取、马不停蹄、奋勇向前、自告奋勇、争先恐后
【出处】: 东汉·班固《汉书·孝武李夫人传》：“哀裴回以踌躇。”
中英例句左脚脚踝的应力性骨折结束了姚明的上个赛季，这只是一连串令他踌躇不前的腿伤和脚伤事件中的最新一起。
The stress fracture in his left ankle that ended yao's last season was only the latest in a string of leg and foot injuries that held him back.
突然之间，投资者似乎不像过去那样因雅加达臭名远扬的交通拥堵和猖獗的腐败行为而踌躇不前了。
Suddenly investors seem less deterred than they used to be by jakarta's infamous traffic jams and endemic corruption.
