柯林斯詞典equivocate /??kw?v??ke?t/ (equivocating,equivocated,equivocates) 1. V-I When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth. 含糊其辭; 說模棱兩可的話 He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections. 他含含糊糊地說著很多如果進(jìn)行選舉會發(fā)生的狀況。 He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated. 他又問了一次她的財務(wù)狀況。她再次含糊其辭。2. equivocationN-UNCOUNT [usu 'without' N] Why doesn't the president say so without equivocation? 為什么總統(tǒng)不能直截了當(dāng)?shù)卣f呢？ 返回 equivocate劍橋詞典to speak in a way that is intentionally not clear and confusing to other people , especially to hide the truth （尤指為隱瞞真相而）說模棱兩可的話，含糊其詞 She accused the minister of equivocating, claiming that he had deliberately avoided telling the public how bad the problem really was. 她指責(zé)部長含糊其詞，稱他故意不讓公眾知道問題真正嚴(yán)重到了什么地步。 返回 equivocate