equivocate

vi. 说模棱两可的话, 支吾

发音

US /ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/

词形变化

equivocated equivocates 三单 equivocates equivocating equivocating 现在分词 equivocated 过去式 equivocated 过去分词

别名

æquivocate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To render equivocal or ambiguous.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

beat around the bush palter prevaricate tergiversate

上位词 2

mislead misinform

词源

From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.

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