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

• 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。
• A clear distinction must be drawn between right and wrong, for inner-Party controversies over principle are a reflection inside the Party of the class struggle in society, and no equivocation is to be tolerated.
  是非一定要搞清楚，因为党内的原则争论，是社会上阶级斗争在党内的反映，是不允许含糊的。
• Otherwise you get an equivocation. Wouldn't you?
  否则你就是在说同样的话，不是吗？
• Natural language has puns and equivocation so that it is impossible to find the relation between world and picture unless to create an ideal language.
  自然语言具有歧异性和模糊性，因此必须构造一种理想语言才能建立对世界的图像关系。
• The source and characteristics of noise in remote sensing imagery are analyzed, with the concept of noise equivocation being further expatiated. Experiments are carried out to validate the formulas for calculating three kinds of noises which affect imagery information content.
  分析了遥感影像中噪声的来源和特性，对噪声疑义度的概念进行了更深刻的阐述，提出并用试验验证了影响影像信息量统计的三类噪声计算方法。
• With this technique it is possible to adopt other important components of conventional information theory such as equivocation and redundancy.
  用这种方法就有可能采用常规信息论的其它重要成分，如模棱两可信息和多余信息。
• Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
  含糊其词是谎言的近亲。
• The proposed method can achieve fast convergence as well as high accuracy of estimation. It also solves the equivocation and slow convergence problems existing under the extreme condition that the crossing-zero is the initial sample of Gardner algorithm.
  该方法具有快速、高精度的特点，尤其是较好地解决了初始点为过零点的极端情况下，Gardner算法收敛方向不确定、收敛时间较长的问题。
• 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。
• Huang chose to sign with ABC in deference to the residual power of network television to alter mass perceptions about race, and he had hoped to portray the Asian-immigrant experience without equivocation or compromise.
  黄选择跟ABC合作，是觉得电视网还有一定的残余影响力，可以改变公众对种族的看法。他希望能够毫不含糊、毫无妥协地描绘亚洲移民的生活经历。