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shil·ly-shal·ly /ˈʃɪli ˌʃæli/ verb (shilly-shallied, shilly-shallying, shilly-shallies) [intransitive] informal SPEND TIMEto waste time or take too long to make a decision 〔作决定时〕犹豫不决,踌躇 SYN dither→ See Verb tableOrigin shilly-shally (1700-1800) shall I?; probably influenced by dilly-dallyshil·ly-shal·ly verbChineseSyllable decision time waste a make to too long to take or Corpus |