tentativeness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈten.tə.tɪv.nəs/ us/ˈten.t̬ə.t̬ɪv.nəs/
犹豫，迟疑不决
the quality of not being certain or confident
The team's tentativeness at the start was understandable. 球队一开始的犹豫不决是可以理解的。
See: tentative
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- Her tentativeness seems natural for someone who hasn't been onstage in a couple of decades.
- There was a tentativeness in some of her singing, an understandable unwillingness to let her voice flow.
- At first there was an understandable tentativeness about his captaincy.
- He is disarming in his tentativeness , his modesty, his self-doubt.
- There is also tentativeness among voters, who worry about his experience and ability to get elected.