equivocate
支支吾吾
常用释义
英音[ ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt ]
美音[ ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt ]
变形
第三人称单数:
equivocates
现在分词:
equivocating
过去式:
equivocated
过去分词:
equivocated
基本释义
- vi. 说模棱两可的话；支吾， 躲闪；推诿；含糊其词
例句
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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。
同义词
vi.
说模棱两可的话
同根词
词根：
equivocal