equivocate

equivocate音标

英 [ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt]

美 [ɪ'kwɪvəkeɪt]

equivocate基本释义

vi.说模棱两可的话；支吾其词

equivocate用法及例句

verb

1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Synonym: beat around the bushtergiversateprevaricatepalter

1. 含糊其词;说模棱两可的话When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth.

e.g. He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections...他支支吾吾地说着很多万一进行选举会发生的状况。e.g. He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated.他又一次询问她的财务状况，她再次含糊其词。

1. 蒙混,闪烁其词,推托：equivocal 意义不明显,模棱两可的,不确定,未决 | equivocate 蒙混,闪烁其词,推托 | evoke 引起

2. 模棱两可：equivocally 含糊地 | equivocate 模棱两可 | equivocation 含糊话

3. 模棱两可地说,支吾其词：equilibrium 平衡,均势 | equivocate 模棱两可地说,支吾其词| ambiguous 含糊的;模棱两可的

4. 说模棱两可之话：13.If the inmate appeals to me for intervention.Appeal to.在这里是求助于的意思. Intervention.干预.| 14.Equivocate.说模棱两可之话.| 15.You excellency.Excellency.阁下.

Stevens ducked and faked and equivocated and finally, cornered, he admitted.

出自：D. Halberstam

近义词

临近词

beat about the bush转弯抹角

tergiversate搪塞

beat around the bush旁敲侧击

quibble争论

prevaricate支吾其辞

fudge软糖

vacillate游移不定

lie躺下

palter含糊其词

EQ

equi

相关列句

I am not a man to equivocate.(我不是一个模棱两可的人。)

Even the whiff of peace will encourage some Europeans to argue that Mr Putin need not be punished further-just as there were some who used his denials of involvement as a pretext to equivocate.(即便是一丝的和平也会鼓励某些欧洲人指出，普京不必再进一步受罚——正如有人把他对介入的否认当作是推卸责任的借口一样。)

They waver while the latter stand firm, they equivocate while the latter are forthright.(前者动摇，后者坚定，前者暧昧，后者明朗。)

But if we were speaking French or German, I wouldn't have the privilege to equivocate in this way, because I would be obliged by the grammar of language to choose between voisin or voisine;(但是如果我们之间是用法语或德语交流，我可能没有这样的权利以这种方式推诿，因为我可能受到这两种语言中语法的制约，在表达“邻居”或“睦邻”这一概念的法语voison或voisiner以及德语Nachbar或Nachbarin之间作选择；)

To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate.(不忠实地或误导地说或做。)

You can tell when they're stressed out, they'll equivocate and vacillate.(当他们压力过大时，你是可以辨别出来的，因为他们会支支吾吾、犹豫不决。)

I'm not a man to equivocate.(我不是模棱两可的人。)

Don't equivocate with me I want a straight answer to a straight question!(别跟我绕弯子——我问的问题直截了当，回答也要直截了当！)