This makes them sound more tentative and less assertive.

听起来多了些试探性，少了些独断性。

And you sounded a little unsure and tentative.

你听起来有点不确定和犹豫。

The two governments have reached a tentative conclusion regarding border issues.

两国政府就边境问题达成了初步结论。

The tentative settlement could be worth $12 billion.

初步解决费用可能价值120亿。

It's a tentative way of saying no.

只是一种犹豫不决进行拒绝方式。

There are, however, tentative signs of openness to the outside world.

然而，朝鲜已开始向对外开放踏出试探步。

There's a reason why they've made a tentative choice.

他们做出这种试探性选择是有原因。

Yes, a little more tentative and polite.

是，更多是试探和礼。

His voice was quiet and tentative.

他声音轻柔而小心翼翼。

So that's why the language is so tentative.

这就是所用语言如此试探性原因。

Now we use this when we're tentative about something.

我们在对某事犹豫不决时使用这个短语。

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday praised the tentative agreement.

国总统乔·拜登周一赞扬了这项暂定协议。

Let's try our tentative answer choice traits and characteristics.

我们来试试暂定答案“特征和特点”。

This all comes as the nation takes tentative steps toward reopening.

与此同时，国正在尝试性地重新开放。

The questions raised by technologies like Chatgpt yield much more tentative answers.

对于Chatgpt等科技提出问题，这些问题答案更多是试探性。

Though tentative and cautious, these steps are being welcomed by both sides.

尽管处于探索性阶段，但此举受到双方欢迎。

M.E. put tentative time of death only a few hours after Hauser's.

法医估计死亡时间就在豪瑟死亡几小时后。

There was one class that brought my tentative worries and concerns into focus.

有一节课让我暂时忧虑和担忧得到了关注。

Another way of politely declining an invitation or saying no is to be tentative.

礼地拒绝邀请或拒绝另一种方法是表现得犹豫不决。

But the economic improvement remains tentative. Smaller businesses are less optimistic than big ones.

但是经济复苏依然还不确定。小企业没有大企业那么乐观。