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

• The multiple-level relay-eavesdropper channel is proposed, the equivocation rate and the achievable secrecy rate are derived in discrete memoryless channel, and the decoding strategy is improved.
  在中继窃听信道的基础上，提出了有多级中继的窃听信道的模型，推导了离散无记忆信道下的疑义速率范围及可达安全速率的表达式。
• Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, and eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination.
  一些人学会了玩狡猾借口的把戏，他们用含糊不清代替真相，以持保留态度来竭力自圆其说，在好人看来这实在讨厌。
• On my first day in office, I prohibited without exception or equivocation the use of torture by the United States of America.
  在我就任总统的第一天，我宣布美国毫无例外、坚定不移地禁止酷刑。
• He thought how ten minutes ago yes, only ten minutes there had still been equivocation in his heart as he wondered whether the news from the front would be of victory or defeat.
  他想起在十分钟之前是的，不过十分钟他在思量前线的消息、究竟是胜是负时，他心中还有疑惑。
• He answered openly and honestly without hesitation or equivocation.
  他回答问题，坦荡，真诚，没有丝毫犹豫和含糊。
• And that's a result of equivocation or we are equivocating on the word bank.
  这是说同样话的结果，或者我们说bank这个词的不同意思。
• Actually not clear what equivocation it's on is it?
  实际上并不清楚模糊在哪？
• Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
  含糊其词是谎言的近亲。
• This equivocation has carried through to his trade policy appointments.
  他的这种含糊态度延续到了他对一众贸易政策官员的任命上。
• 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。