equivocation

英 [ɪˌkwɪvə'keɪʃn] 美 [ɪˌkwɪvə'keɪʃn]

• n. 模糊话；含糊其辞

详尽释义

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

例句

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。

经典引文

• The Bishop..stooped to an equivocation too transparent to deceive any one.

  出自： J. A. Froude

• Such resolves would lead..to death, definitely and without equivocation.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• equivocation characteristics 疑义度特性
• equivocation rate 疑义率
• distribution of equivocation 疑义度分布

近反义词

【近义词】

• prevarication 支吾
• vagueness 模糊
• indirectness 间接
• ambiguity 模棱两可
• weasel words 遁词
• evasion 逃避
• tergiversation 搪塞
• evasiveness 模棱两可