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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
        1. intentionally vague or ambiguous
            Synonym:prevaricationevasiveness
          1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
              Synonym:evasion

            双语例句

            • The multiple-level relay-eavesdropper channel is proposed, the equivocation rate and the achievable secrecy rate are derived in discrete memoryless channel, and the decoding strategy is improved.
              在中继窃听信道的基础上,提出了有多级中继的窃听信道的模型,推导了离散无记忆信道下的疑义速率范围及可达安全速率的表达式。
            • An equivocation is by the way an argument in which you use the same word which has two different meanings.
              说同样的话是一个论点,你们用同样的词有两个不同的意思。
            • Natural language has puns and equivocation so that it is impossible to find the relation between world and picture unless to create an ideal language.
              自然语言具有歧异性和模糊性,因此必须构造一种理想语言才能建立对世界的图像关系。
            • 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。
            • Actually not clear what equivocation it's on is it?
              实际上并不清楚模糊在哪?
            • Factors that result in geometric aberration are analyzed and formula for measuring the displacement equivocation is deepened through the validation of experiments. 4.
              对遥感影像产生几何畸变的因素进行了分析,深化了位移疑义度的概念和度量公式,并通过实验加以验证。
            • He that will live in this world must be endowed with the three rare qualities of dissimulation, equivocation, and mental reservation.
              举凡有意在这世上谋求生存者,必须具备三种难得的天资:掩饰感情、含糊其词、保留己见。
            • He thought how ten minutes ago yes, only ten minutes there had still been equivocation in his heart as he wondered whether the news from the front would be of victory or defeat.
              他想起在十分钟之前是的,不过十分钟他在思量前线的消息、究竟是胜是负时,他心中还有疑惑。
            • But Congressional equivocation also reflects Congressional ambivalence.
              但是国会的模棱两可也反映了国会的矛盾心理。
            • On my first day in office, I prohibited without exception or equivocation the use of torture by the United States of America.
              在我就任总统的第一天,我宣布美国毫无例外、坚定不移地禁止酷刑。