equivocation
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ɪˌkwɪv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌkwɪv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/a way ofspeakingthat isintentionallynotclearand isconfusingto otherpeople,especiallytohidethetruth, or something said in this way:
含糊其辞；模棱两可Heansweredopenlyandhonestlywithouthesitationor equivocation.他开诚布公地回答了问题，没有犹豫不决或者含糊其辞。
Her equivocations were notevasions.她含糊其辞，但没有避而不谈。
See
equivocate
- Shespokewithout any equivocation.
- After ayearof equivocation, hegrantedmeaccessto hispapers.
- Heansweredourquestionswith equivocations.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obfuscation
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil