| 单词 | weasel words |
| 释义 | weasel words noun[plural] informaluk/ˈwiː.zəl ˌwɜːdz/us/ˈwiː.zəl ˌwɝːdz/something that someone says either toavoidansweringaquestionclearlyor to make someonebelievesomething that is nottrue 推托之词；狡辩的话Lies, lying & hypocrisy
Examplesofweasel wordsweasel words The purpose behind my amendment is to cut outweaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an enormous number of different sets ofweaselwords, all of which seem contradictory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heardweaselwordsfrom start to finish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not do to keep on usingweaselwordsand failing to answer questions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have turnedweaselwordsinto an art form and the strong smell of fudge already surrounds the entire issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are not theirweaselwordsultimately their downfall? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be interesting to see whatweaselwordsare used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As he knows, the leaflet containsweaselwordsabout how the new system of inspection of schools will work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyweaselwordscan be used to defend that action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theweaselwords"if any" leave me with some concern that when push comes to shove, the council may pull away from difficult issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These are very serious matters which cannot be settled byweaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely it is about time that we got rid of theseweaselwords, "striking the balance between". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not understand the "large part"—theweaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not know aboutweaselwords, but the fact is that it is there in front of us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no more big promises; no moreweaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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