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vi. 说模棱两可的话；支吾， 躲闪；推诿；含糊其词
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使用模棱两可的话隐瞒真相；躲闪；推诿；含糊其词；说话支吾，态度暧昧；
变形
过去式：equivocated过去分词：equivocated现在分词：equivocating第三人称单数：equivocates
英英释义
equivocate
v.be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
同义词：beat around the bushtergiversateprevaricatepalter
双语例句
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！
权威例句
Statistics never equivocate.No Time to Equivocate on Palestine
Greece equivocates on Russia bailout option
Regulators equivocate on safety of clones
As Dole Equivocates on Troop Deployment, Most GOP Rivals Oppose Plan
Cry Wolf or Equivocate? Credible Forecast Guidance in a Cost-Loss Game
No Third Way in Iraq; Washington Pols Equivocate
Leading Article: Sinn Fein Must Not Equivocate about the Rule of Law
Emigration and the Rights of Man: French Revolutionary Legislators Equivocate
Failures in Leadership: How and Why Wishy-Washy Politicians Equivocate on Japanese Political Interviews
equivocate (v.)
early 15c., equivocaten, from Medieval Latin equivocatus, past participle of equivocare "to call by the same name, be called by the same name, have the same sound," from Late Latin aequivocus "of identical sound" (see equivocation). Related: Equivocated; equivocating.
1. I am not a man to equivocate.
我不是一个模棱两可的人。
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2. I'm not a man to equivocate.
我不是模棱两可的人。
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3. To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate.
不忠实地或误导地说或做。
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4. You can tell when they're stressed out, they'll equivocate and vacillate.
当他们压力过大时，你是可以辨别出来的，因为他们会支支吾吾、犹豫不决。
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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。
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6. But if we were speaking French or German, I wouldn't have the privilege to equivocate in this way, because I would be obliged by the grammar of language to choose between voisin or voisine;
但是如果我们之间是用法语或德语交流，我可能没有这样的权利以这种方式推诿，因为我可能受到这两种语言中语法的制约，在表达“邻居”或“睦邻”这一概念的法语voison或voisiner以及德语Nachbar 或Nachbarin之间作选择；
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7. Even the whiff of peace will encourage some Europeans to argue that Mr Putin need not be punished further-just as there were some who used his denials of involvement as a pretext to equivocate.
即便是一丝的和平也会鼓励某些欧洲人指出，普京不必再进一步受罚——正如有人把他对介入的否认当作是推卸责任的借口一样。
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8. Even the whiff of peace will encourage some Europeans to argue that Mr Putin need not be punished further-just as there were some who used his denials of involvement as a pretext to equivocate.
即便是一丝的和平也会鼓励某些欧洲人指出，普京不必再进一步受罚——正如有人把他对介入的否认当作是推卸责任的借口一样。
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