tentative

tentative
adjective
  1. 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
  1. late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin tentativus, from tentare, variant of temptare 'handle, try'
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