| 词汇 | equivocated |
| 释义 | equivocated past simple and past participle ofequivocate equivocate verb[ I ] formaluk /ɪˈkwɪv.ə.keɪt/ us /ɪˈkwɪv.ə.keɪt/ to speak in a way that is intentionally not clear and confusing to other people, especially to hide the truth: （尤指为隐瞒真相而）说模棱两可的话，含糊其词 She accused the minister of equivocating, claiming that he had deliberately avoided telling the public how bad the problem really 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 Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory elliptical f-bomb get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom implicit parry prevaricate stray tangent tiptoe around something/someone unexpressed unvoiced Related wordequivocation Examples of equivocatedequivocated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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. That is why we have equivocated and procrastinated all along the line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He equivocated on that question when he opened today's debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those people who equivocated cid not do so well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He equivocated in response to three interventions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not equivocated on that matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His recommendation was accepted in principle by the government, but the parliamentary committee equivocated on the location. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Behan's testimony was significant, since he was a prime witness for the prosecution but had equivocated on this point. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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