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单词 equivocate
释义
equivocate
verb[I]
formal
uk
/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.keɪt/us
/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.keɪt/
tospeakin a way that isintentionallynotclearandconfusingto otherpeople,especiallytohidethetruth:
（尤指为隐瞒真相而）说模棱两可的话，含糊其词
Sheaccusedtheministerof equivocating,claimingthat he haddeliberatelyavoidedtellingthepublichowbadtheproblemreally was.她指责部长含糊其词，称他故意不让公众知道问题真正严重到了什么地步。
Synonym
prevaricateformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
  • bury the ledeidiom
  • candy coat
  • candy coating
  • candy-coated
  • circumlocutory
  • euphemism
  • hedge
  • hedging
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • indirectly
  • lede
  • mincing
  • move offsomething/on (tosomething)
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • sanitize
  • sidestep
  • stray
  • veil
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equivocation
(Definition ofequivocatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofequivocate

equivocate
More importantly, when economists assign technical meanings to terms, they must also avoid equivocating.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In discussions of female fans, he equivocates; and here the essentialist cracks in his argument begin to show.
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There are situations where, rather than trying to force an exact match with a fine-grained sense, it may be more prudent toequivocateby choosing a less-specific cluster of senses.
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Participants used filled pauses, surprisingly, in the condition within which they equivocated the least, although they produced other dysfluencies (combined) within conditions where they equivocated the most.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The issue we need to focus on here is not the tactility per se, but how its meanings and consequences reverberate through equivocating networks of power.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We do not have time toequivocateor pontificate about where competence may lie.
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Toequivocatein answering these points would be to show a lack of political courage.
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No doubt this is because many governments, like our own, are equivocating about the desirability of the establishment of such a centre.
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At that point he wouldequivocateand his previous impeccable arithmetic would come unstuck.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is he going to say that it will be kept in being, or is he going toequivocate?
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I do notequivocateon my second point: the need for a statutory register of qualified engineers.
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None of us shouldequivocateabout that or see it as problematic.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If we confirm it, it becomes unpleasant; if weequivocate, it is the equivalent of a cover-up, with all the row that ensues thereafter.
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Will he stop equivocating and giving ambivalent answers?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is danger in equivocating upon such subjects as that of partition.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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