- equivocation
- [i,kwivə'keiʃən]
- n. 含糊话；模棱两可的话
参考例子
- 1.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。
- 2.How many lies he should have to tell, or how much equivocation he must use in order to keep the truth from her.
- 为了把事实的真相瞒过她，他得说多少谎话，他得运用多少模棱两可、含含糊糊的词儿啊？
- 3.Macbeth is also concerned with the notion of "equivocation", using words with a double sense in order to deceive.
- 麦克白还和“模棱两可的话”有关，他用了一些有双重意义的话来误导他人。
英文解释
- n.
- 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
网络释义
- equivocation
- 条件信息量总平均值; 模糊度; 含糊话; 疑义度;
- equivocation weasel
- 含糊话;
- uncontrolled equivocation
- 无控歧义;
- Equivocation is first cousin to a lie
- 支支吾吾，其言必诈。;