hesitancy
he zi tuhn see
- n a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- n a certain degree of unwillingness
his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- While it would be difficult to argue against these soldiers' bravery and strength, the story suffers from a hesitancy to critically reassess the events of the Tora Bora battle .
- But Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, betrayed none of Petraeus' hesitancy when he spoke of the stakes in Iraq.
- His hesitancy in making the report was due to: 1) ordinary scientific cautiousness; 2) the misinterpretation of the experimental adrenal cortex cancer treatment being tried out .