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

• Otherwise you get an equivocation. Wouldn't you?
  否则你就是在说同样的话，不是吗？
• 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。
• We gather because the time for equivocation is over.
  我们在此开会是因为不能再态度模棱两可了。
• Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
  含糊其词是谎言的近亲。
• 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。
• The source and characteristics of noise in remote sensing imagery are analyzed, with the concept of noise equivocation being further expatiated. Experiments are carried out to validate the formulas for calculating three kinds of noises which affect imagery information content.
  分析了遥感影像中噪声的来源和特性，对噪声疑义度的概念进行了更深刻的阐述，提出并用试验验证了影响影像信息量统计的三类噪声计算方法。
• 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。
• I love that equivocation over Hong Kong.
  我喜欢她对香港人的含糊其辞。
• Actually not clear what equivocation it's on is it?
  实际上并不清楚模糊在哪？
• 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。