equivocate

equivocate

美 [??kw?v??ke?t] 　英 [??kw?v?ke?t]

  • v.（故意）含糊其詞
  • 網絡支吾；說模棱兩可的話；拐彎抹角

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：equivocates  現在分詞：equivocating  過去式：equivocated  

反義詞

同義詞

英漢雙解

v.
1.
[i][t]
(+ speech)
（故意）含糊其詞，支吾，搪塞to talk about sth in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth

英漢解釋

v.
1.
躲閃;推諉;含糊其詞;說話支吾,態度曖昧

英英解釋

v.

例句

It means "to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc. ; equivocate. "

這個詞的確切含義是“某人由于各種原因不停地改變自己的態度、立場。也可指模棱兩可。”

To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.

推諉以一種躲躲閃閃的或欺詐的方式行事；推諉

Don't equivocate with me I want a straight answer to a straight question! .

別跟我繞彎子--我問的問題直截了當，回答也要直截了當！。

i'm not a man to equivocate.

我不是模棱兩可的人。

They waver while the latter stand firm, they equivocate while the latter are forthright.

前者動搖，后者堅定，前者曖昧，后者明朗。

i am not a man to equivocate.

我不是模棱兩可的人，說話不含糊、說一不二。

I'm not a manto equivocate.

我不是一個模棱兩可的人。

lie, equivocate, fib, palter, prevaricate The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to evade or depart from the truth" :

這些動詞共有的中心意思是“逃避或背離事實真相”：

didn't equivocate about her real purpose in coming;

關于她來訪的真正目的不編造假詞；