not certain or fixed; provisional 未决的,未定的;暂时性的 a tentative conclusion. 暂时的结论。 ■done without confidence; hesitant 试探(性)的;犹豫的,迟疑不决的 he eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room. 他终于绕病房试探性地走了几步。
派生 tentatively adverb tentativeness noun 语源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin tentativus, from tentare, variant of temptare 'handle, try'