汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 举棋不定
举棋不定 (舉棋不定)
to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver / to shilly-shally
Holding the chess piece, I don't know which one to play / Metaphor of indecision, undecided
拿着棋子,不知下哪一着才好。比喻犹豫不决,拿不定主意。
() jǔ bù/bú dìng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

希望大家闻风而动,不要举棋不定

You are expected to answer the call with immediate actions and not with vacillation.

阿拉伯流亡报纸也举棋不定

The Arab press in exile is also torn.

德国在这种情况下可能会举棋不定

Germany may be the swing voter in such cases.

这也是波音举棋不定的根本原因。

This is at the root of why Boeing has yet to make a decision.

关于如何解决银行业危机,美利坚一直举棋不定

AMERICA has been dithering about how to sort out its banking crisis.

但是奥巴马现在却突然举棋不定了。

But suddenly Mr Obama is wobbling.

不知道我下一步棋该怎么走,我的手在棋盘上方举棋不定

With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board.

举棋不定,不知是在这个城市里买所房子,还是迁居他处。

She's wavering between buying a house in the city or moving away.

据说,草稿上有多处涂改,体现了拿破仑在草拟遗愿时有些举棋不定

The numerous corrections in the draft are said to show Napoleon's indecision in drawing up his last wishes.

我们可能忧虑重重烦恼不安,举棋不定畏首畏尾,但最终,其实我们并没有自己以为的那么在意。

We can fuss and fret and shuttle and shelter, but in the end, what we do may not matter as much as we think.