词汇 | equivocating |
释义 | equivocating present 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 equivocatingequivocating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. More importantly, when economists assign technical meanings to terms, they must also avoid equivocating. 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. No doubt this is because many governments, like our own, are equivocating about the desirability of the establishment of such a centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he stop equivocating and giving ambivalent answers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is danger in equivocating upon such subjects as that of partition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He now seems to be equivocating a little. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he now do that and stop equivocating? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he stop equivocating and say that he will support the call for suspension? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us have none of this equivocating nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me to be a singularly equivocating intervention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whereas he had so far been unpredictable and equivocating, from this point on he remained firmly devoted to protecting his father's royal rights. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The script writers used equivocating phrases and words to evade the censorship. 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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