参考词典中equivocation的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 模棱两可的话,含糊话
参考例句
- Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
含糊其词跟撒谎毫无二致。
- Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
英英解释
3个名词解释
- a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
[同] equivocation, evasion - intentionally vague or ambiguous
[同] equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication
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- falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
[同] equivocation, tergiversation
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