词汇 | weasel-words |
释义 | weasel words noun[ plural ] informaluk /ˈwiː.zəl ˌwɜːdz/ us /ˈwiː.zəl ˌwɝːdz/ something that someone says either to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true推托之词;狡辩的话 Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction lie mythologically mythologize perjure perjury someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom washing white lie whopper Examples of weasel wordsweasel words The purpose behind my amendment is to cut out weaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an enormous number of different sets of weaselwords, all of which seem contradictory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard weaselwords from start to finish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not do to keep on using weaselwords and failing to answer questions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have turned weaselwords into 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are not their weaselwords ultimately their downfall? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be interesting to see what weaselwords are used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he knows, the leaflet contains weaselwords about how the new system of inspection of schools will work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any weaselwords can be used to defend that action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The weaselwords "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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are very serious matters which cannot be settled by weaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely it is about time that we got rid of these weaselwords, "striking the balance between". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not understand the "large part"—the weaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not know about weaselwords, 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no more big promises; no more weaselwords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of weasel words 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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