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

• At the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, there is no equivocation but there is caution, said Stephen Heintz, its president.
  洛克菲勒兄弟基金会总裁斯蒂芬·海因兹（StephenHeintz）说，该基金会不是在含糊其辞，只是较为谨慎。
• But they can affirm the principles of Mr Geithner's proposals without equivocation.
  但他们可以明确确认盖特纳提议的原则。
• The result of this equivocation is to contrast the good of others with the good of the particular being that I am.
  这种模棱两可的结果，是将别人的善，跟作为「我」的特别的生命实存作对比。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Actually not clear what equivocation it's on is it?
  实际上并不清楚模糊在哪？
• 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。
• I love that equivocation over Hong Kong.
  我喜欢她对香港人的含糊其辞。
• 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。