equivocate 的定义
e·quiv·o·cat·ed, e·quiv·o·cat·ing.
- to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
equivocate 近义词
avoid an issue
equivocate 的近义词 43 个
- cavil
- con
- dodge
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- hedge
- jive
- lie
- palter
- parry
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- stonewall
- tergiversate
- waffle
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cloud the issue
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- double-talk
- give run around
- hem and haw
- mince words
- pass the buck
- run around
- sit on the fence
- tell white lie
- tergiverse
- weasel
equivocate 的反义词 7 个
更多equivocate例句
- As Brookhiser fully appreciates—he does not equivocate or run from the truth—Lincoln was no radical, no abolitionist.
- "I won't equivocate," responded the head of the Falkins family with blunt directness.
- At all events, for some reason, the ex-Attorney-General was afraid to accept this opportunity to equivocate.
- I do not equivocate when I say that love is instinctive, and that the latter-day expression of love is artificial.
- When one thus remains in the clouds, he need not fear to equivocate.
- But her stainless heart was too proud in virtue to palter and equivocate with circumstances.