equivocate

权威英汉双解

to talk about sth in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth

英汉释义

• v.

  1.躲闪;推诿;含糊其词;说话支吾,态度暧昧

英英释义

• v.

  1.to avoid making a clear statement by saying something that has more than one possible meaning

英汉例句

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

  这个词的确切含义是“某人由于各种原因不停地改变自己的态度、立场。也可指模棱两可。”

• 2.To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.

  推诿以一种躲躲闪闪的或欺诈的方式行事；推诿

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

  别跟我绕弯子--我问的问题直截了当，回答也要直截了当！。

• 4.i'm not a man to equivocate.

  我不是模棱两可的人。

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

  前者动摇，后者坚定，前者暧昧，后者明朗。

• 6.i am not a man to equivocate.

  我不是模棱两可的人，说话不含糊、说一不二。

• 7.I'm not a manto equivocate.

  我不是一个模棱两可的人。

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

  这些动词共有的中心意思是“逃避或背离事实真相”：

• 9.didn't equivocate about her real purpose in coming;

  关于她来访的真正目的不编造假词；