| 词汇 | equivocation |
| 释义 | equivocation noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ɪˌkwɪv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ɪˌkwɪv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ a way of speaking that is intentionally not clear and is confusing to other people, especially to hide the truth, or something said in this way: 含糊其辞;模棱两可 He answered openly and honestly without hesitation or 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 not evasions.她含糊其辞，但没有避而不谈。 See equivocate She spoke without any equivocation. After a year of equivocation, he granted me access to his papers. He answered our questions with equivocations. Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom hedging implicit mealy-mouthed obscure parry prevaricate stray tangent unexpressed unvoiced |
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