Sayaka Murataの小説 "Convenience Store Woman" を読み始めました。
As he does so, I notice him glance at the hot-food cabinet. I could ask him whether he’d like anything else, but when a customer appears to be dithering over whether or not to buy something, I make a point of taking a step back and waiting.
"dithering over" は文脈からすると「迷っている」様子ですが、辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide: She was dithering over what to wear.
・Collins Dictionary: When someone dithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.: We're still dithering over whether to marry.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to be unable to make a decision about doing something: Stop dithering and choose which one you want!
・Vocabulary.com: When you dither, you're flustered because you can't make up your mind about something. You might dither about what to do if your two best friends invite you to parties on the same night.
The verb dither implies not only that you're having a hard time deciding about something, but that you're upset or agitated about it. You might say to your friend, "Don't just pace around and dither about what to wear! We're going to be late!" In the 17th century, dither meant "quake or tremble," and by the early 1800s it came to mean both "vacillate" and "be anxious."
As he does so, I notice him glance at the hot-food cabinet. I could ask him whether he’d like anything else, but when a customer appears to be dithering over whether or not to buy something, I make a point of taking a step back and waiting.
"dithering over" は文脈からすると「迷っている」様子ですが、辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide: She was dithering over what to wear.
・Collins Dictionary: When someone dithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something.: We're still dithering over whether to marry.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to be unable to make a decision about doing something: Stop dithering and choose which one you want!
・Vocabulary.com: When you dither, you're flustered because you can't make up your mind about something. You might dither about what to do if your two best friends invite you to parties on the same night.
The verb dither implies not only that you're having a hard time deciding about something, but that you're upset or agitated about it. You might say to your friend, "Don't just pace around and dither about what to wear! We're going to be late!" In the 17th century, dither meant "quake or tremble," and by the early 1800s it came to mean both "vacillate" and "be anxious."
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