区别辨析 vacillate between, hover between 与 waver between

 (1) 三个短语意思基本相同,常可换用。vacillate between指“在……之间摇摆不定;在……之间拿不定主意”,后接名词、动名词,为正式用语。

  • For weeks, she vacillated between a home in the city and one in the country.
    几周来,她为是在城里安家还是在农村安家拿不定主意。
  • Some voters are still vacillating between the two parties.
    一些投票者仍在两个党派之间拿不定主意。

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 (2) hover between为“处在……之间;在……之间动摇/摇摆”,后接名词、动名词。

  • I'm still hovering between the concert and the play tonight. They're both very attractive events.
    我仍然在今晚的音乐会和戏剧之间举棋不动,它们都颇具吸引力。
  • After years of hovering between buying and renting a house, we at last decided that it was better to own property.
    经过多年的在买房还是租房之间的举棋不定,我们最终决定还是拥有产权好些。

 (3) waver between意为“在……之间犹豫不决;在……之间动摇/摇摆”,常用进行时。

  • She is wavering between staying single and accepting his proposal.
    她犹豫不决,不知是继续单身好,还是接受他的求婚好。