equivocation是什么意思？

equivocation

英[ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn] 美[ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeʃən]

• n. 模棱两可的话，含糊话；

例句

• Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必诈。
• 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. ”
• Why doesn't the President say so without equivocation? 为什么总统不直截了当地说呢？
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  含糊其词;说模棱两可的话
  When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth.
  例句
  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。 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。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 电子学： 疑义度；