equivocation

英 [ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn]

n.  含糊其辞; 支吾; 搪塞

复数：equivocations　

GRE电力

BNC.33961 / COCA.25752

牛津词典

noun

• 含糊其辞；支吾；搪塞
  a way of behaving or speaking that is not clear or definite and is intended to avoid or hide the truth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 含糊其词;说模棱两可的话
  When someoneequivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
  Synonym:tergiversation
• intentionally vague or ambiguous
  Synonym:prevaricationevasiveness
• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  Synonym:evasion

双语例句

• With this technique it is possible to adopt other important components of conventional information theory such as equivocation and redundancy.
  用这种方法就有可能采用常规信息论的其它重要成分，如模棱两可信息和多余信息。
• Otherwise you get an equivocation. Wouldn't you?
  否则你就是在说同样的话，不是吗？
• I love that equivocation over Hong Kong.
  我喜欢她对香港人的含糊其辞。
• A clear distinction must be drawn between right and wrong, for inner-Party controversies over principle are a reflection inside the Party of the class struggle in society, and no equivocation is to be tolerated.
  是非一定要搞清楚，因为党内的原则争论，是社会上阶级斗争在党内的反映，是不允许含糊的。
• Secondly, the nodes with Byzantine faults can cheat non-faulty nodes by equivocation which makes upper layer applications or administrators unable to detect the presence of the Byzantine faults easily.
  其次，拜占庭故障可以通过含糊行为等手段欺骗正确节点，上层应用或者管理员甚至不容易觉察到拜占庭故障的存在，故障隐蔽性对故障检测提出了挑战。
• He answered openly and honestly without hesitation or equivocation.
  他回答问题，坦荡，真诚，没有丝毫犹豫和含糊。
• This equivocation has carried through to his trade policy appointments.
  他的这种含糊态度延续到了他对一众贸易政策官员的任命上。
• You would wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
  你应该用含糊的语言来含糊他和你自己。
• At the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, there is no equivocation but there is caution, said Stephen Heintz, its president.
  洛克菲勒兄弟基金会总裁斯蒂芬·海因兹（StephenHeintz）说，该基金会不是在含糊其辞，只是较为谨慎。
• Actually not clear what equivocation it's on is it?
  实际上并不清楚模糊在哪？