equivocation

英[ɪˌkwɪvə'keɪʃn] 美[ɪˌkwɪvə'keɪʃn]
  • n. 模糊话；含糊其辞
GRE

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 含糊其词
    2. 模棱两可的话
    3. 支吾
    4. 搪塞
    5. 含糊话
    6. 推诿
    7. 躲闪
    8. 暧昧
    9. 双关话
    10. 总平均值
    11. 模糊度

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

  2. intentionally vague or ambiguous

  3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

双语例句

1. Why doesn't the President say so without equivocation?
为什么总统不直截了当地说呢？

来自柯林斯例句

2. These actions must be condemned without equivocation.
对这些行为必须毫不含糊地予以谴责。

来自辞典例句

3. With caution, and with some equivocation, Bohr took a further step.
玻尔谨慎地而又有些含糊其词地采取了更深入的步骤.

来自辞典例句

4. Then she with a pretty equivocation went on: " Julia is about my height. "
然后她用巧妙的双关话说: “ 朱利娅差不多跟我一般高. ”

来自辞典例句

5. I do not suspect him of equivocation, still less of lying.
我不认为他在闪烁其词, 更不用说怀疑他撒谎了.

来自互联网

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. There is an element of equivocation in some of his statements.
      他的很多话中存在着模棱两可的内容。
    2. He answered openly and honestly without hesitation or equivocation.
      他回答问题坦荡、真诚，没有丝毫犹豫和含糊。
    3. Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
      含糊其词是谎话的近亲。
    4. These actions must be condemned without equivocation.
      对这些行为必须毫不含糊地予以谴责。
    5. You would wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
      若是你支吾其词，那不仅是欺骗他，也是欺骗你自己。

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