equivocation

英 [ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn]

n.  含糊其辞; 支吾; 搪塞

复数：equivocations　

GRE电力

BNC.33961 / COCA.25752

牛津词典

noun

• 含糊其辞；支吾；搪塞
  a way of behaving or speaking that is not clear or definite and is intended to avoid or hide the truth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 含糊其词;说模棱两可的话
  When someoneequivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth.
  1. He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections...
     他支支吾吾地说着很多万一进行选举会发生的状况。
  2. He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated.
     他又一次询问她的财务状况，她再次含糊其词。

英英释义

noun

• falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
  Synonym:tergiversation
• intentionally vague or ambiguous
  Synonym:prevaricationevasiveness
• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  Synonym:evasion

双语例句

• Otherwise you get an equivocation. Wouldn't you?
  否则你就是在说同样的话，不是吗？
• He thought how ten minutes ago yes, only ten minutes there had still been equivocation in his heart as he wondered whether the news from the front would be of victory or defeat.
  他想起在十分钟之前是的，不过十分钟他在思量前线的消息、究竟是胜是负时，他心中还有疑惑。
• We gather because the time for equivocation is over.
  我们在此开会是因为不能再态度模棱两可了。
• But Congressional equivocation also reflects Congressional ambivalence.
  但是国会的模棱两可也反映了国会的矛盾心理。
• The result of this equivocation is to contrast the good of others with the good of the particular being that I am.
  这种模棱两可的结果，是将别人的善，跟作为「我」的特别的生命实存作对比。
• Actually not clear what equivocation it's on is it?
  实际上并不清楚模糊在哪？
• On my first day in office, I prohibited without exception or equivocation the use of torture by the United States of America.
  在我就任总统的第一天，我宣布美国毫无例外、坚定不移地禁止酷刑。
• Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
  含糊其词是谎言的近亲。
• Huang chose to sign with ABC in deference to the residual power of network television to alter mass perceptions about race, and he had hoped to portray the Asian-immigrant experience without equivocation or compromise.
  黄选择跟ABC合作，是觉得电视网还有一定的残余影响力，可以改变公众对种族的看法。他希望能够毫不含糊、毫无妥协地描绘亚洲移民的生活经历。
• Natural language has puns and equivocation so that it is impossible to find the relation between world and picture unless to create an ideal language.
  自然语言具有歧异性和模糊性，因此必须构造一种理想语言才能建立对世界的图像关系。