英 [ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt] 美 [ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt]
vi. 说模棱两可的话；支吾， 躲闪；推诿；含糊其词
第三人称单数equivocates
现在分词equivocating
过去式equivocated
过去分词equivocated
equivocate /ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/ [ equivocating equivocated equivocates ]
不及物动词 When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth. 含糊其辞; 说模棱两可的话
He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections.
他含含糊糊地说着很多如果进行选举会发生的状况。
He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated.
他又问了一次她的财务状况。她再次含糊其辞。
不可数名词
Why doesn't the president say so without equivocation?
为什么总统不能直截了当地说呢？
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
同义词： beat around the bush / tergiversate / prevaricate / palter
... equivalent=相等的，等值的 equivocate=模棱两可地说，支吾其词，说谎 eradicate=根除 ...
... equivocally 可疑地；含糊地 equivocator 说模棱话的人；说话支吾者 equivocate 说模棱两可的话 ...
... *equivocal adj. 模棱两可的,意义不清的 equivocate v. 支吾,说模棱两可的话 erase v. 消除 ...
... defer延期 equivocate模棱两可的 valor勇气,刚勇,勇猛 ...
equivocal 模棱两可的；可疑的
equivocation 含糊话；模棱两可的话
equivocator 说模棱话的人；说话支吾者
说模棱两可的话
I am not a man to equivocate.
我不是一个模棱两可的人。
I'm not a man to equivocate.
我不是模棱两可的人。
Let us not equivocate.
VOA : standard.2010.05.17
No, you equivocate here and there but are still plainly in the Obama camp.
She seemed to equivocate on some things like whether illegal immigrants should be able to get driver's licenses.
Not once did Ms. Currie equivocate on the central fact Ms. Lewinsky asked her to retrieve the gifts.
CNN: Transcript: White House Deputy Counsel Mills' statement