1.不确定的;不肯定的;暂定的not definite or certain because you may want to change it later
We made a tentative arrangement to meet on Friday.我们暂定星期五见面。
tentative conclusions初步结论
2.踌躇的;犹豫不定的;不果断的not behaving or done with confidence
a tentative greeting怯声怯气的问候
I'm taking the first tentative steps towards fitness.我试探性地开始实施健身计划。
Of course, such trust between the races is often tentative.
当然,这种种族间的信任经常是暂时性的。
Sure. I'll ask her to put together a tentative schedule by the end of this week.
当然,我会让她在这周准备好一个暂定的日程表。
The classification of "foreign devils" was general and tentative and was applied by individual Chinese only to foreigners he did not know.
的分类是常用但短暂,而且是中国人个别拿来称呼他所不认识的外国人。
Jessica smiled at me with tentative friendliness before she left. My answering smile was just a little late, but I thought that she saw it.
杰西卡回了我一个还算友善的笑容后离开。我笑容响应得迟了些,但我想她看到了。
Please come out with your tentative ideas at the meeting.
请把你的初步设想在会上讲一讲。
She looked at him anxiously to see how he would take the tentative remark, but he was only astonished.
她紧张地望着他,看他听了这个试探性的问题作何反应,然而他只是吃惊。
As you may have already concluded, the tentative nature of this approach means that the likelihood of drawing errors is very high.
正如你可能得出的结论,这种方法天生具有的不确定性,让其产生错误的几率非常高。
As with any other general performance claim, I have to be very tentative about this.
我担心这会对总体性能产生影响。
Tentative as it was, the race meeting in November was a significant move towards opening the country's vast betting market.
这场十一月举行的赛马会虽是实验性的,但却是中国庞大的博彩市场走向开放的重要一步。
The tentative and modest offers it has made so far look like an effort to find that middle ground.
到目前为止,中国所做援助承诺金额不大,且带有试探性,这似乎是在努力寻找一种平衡。
Suddenly, she saw Mrs Hua sitting on the ground and felt kind of tentative. A sense of guilt appeared on her pale face.
忽然见华大妈坐在地上看他,便有些踌躇,惨白的脸上,现出些羞愧的颜色;
I began to understand from their looks and vague answers to my tentative questions that they were suspicious of me, an American.
我从他们的神态及对我的探问的支吾回答中懂得,他们对我这个美国人有所怀疑。
Despite a year of government effort, a tentative recovery in the housing market appears to be on the verge of stalling.
尽管经过了政府一年的努力,房地产市场微弱的复苏看起来到了停滞的边缘。
That he was a desultory tentative student of something and everything might only have been predicted of him.
从他身上大概可以猜测出,他是一个对什么事情都想广泛学习的学生。
No matter how many caveats are put forth about the tentative nature of the plan, the plan takes on a life of its own.
无论有多少关于这个计划实验性本质的问题被提出,这个计划都会开始它自己的生命。
The tentative outcome on the aggression issue was due to a general realization among ICC member states that more time was needed, he said.
他说,围绕侵害问题产生的初步结果反映出国际刑事法院成员国普遍认识到还需要更多的时间。
Be loud and clear, they urged the players, and always use a strong arm gesture to call a strike. Never be tentative or unsure.
他们敦促球员要声音洪亮而清晰,叫好球时手臂永远要作出一个有力的动作,不能犹豫不决。
'There are an increasing number of early, tentative signs that the global economy is about to turn the corner, ' the IIF wrote.
国际金融研究所在一份报告中写道,越来越多的初步迹象显示,全球经济即将好转。
Two years later, a man with a moustache went to an art dealer in Florence in Italy and made a tentative attempt to sell the Mona Lisa.
两年后,两年后,一个有胡子的男人找到意大利佛罗伦萨一位艺术品经销商,试探性地想卖掉?蒙娜萨一位艺术品经销商,试探性地想卖掉蒙娜丽莎?。丽莎。
had to take place in New York, and no tentative date for an appearance had yet been set.
但是为了上诉就得前往纽约,而且上诉日期也尚未排定。
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