equivocation [i,kwivə'keiʃən]

英汉解释

n. 含糊话；模棱两可的话

同义词

n. evasion，evasiveness，prevarication，tergiversation

参考例句

1. I do not suspect him of equivocation, still less of lying.
我不认为他在闪烁其词，更不用说怀疑他撒谎了。
2. How many lies he should have to tell, or how much equivocation he must use in order to keep the truth from her.
为了把事实的真相瞒过她，他得说多少谎话，他得运用多少模棱两可、含含糊糊的词儿啊？
3. Macbeth is also concerned with the notion of "equivocation", using words with a double sense in order to deceive.
麦克白还和“模棱两可的话”有关，他用了一些有双重意义的话来误导他人。

英英解释

n.
  1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  2. intentionally vague or ambiguous
  3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

网络释义

equivocation
条件信息量总平均值; 模糊度; 含糊话; 疑义度;
equivocation weasel
含糊话;
uncontrolled equivocation
无控歧义;
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie
支支吾吾，其言必诈。;