equivocate / ɪˈkwɪv əˌkeɪt /

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equivocate 的定义

v. 无主动词 verb

e·quiv·o·cat·ed, e·quiv·o·cat·ing.

  1. 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

v. 动词 verb

avoid an issue

更多equivocate例句

  1. As Brookhiser fully appreciates—he does not equivocate or run from the truth—Lincoln was no radical, no abolitionist.
  2. "I won't equivocate," responded the head of the Falkins family with blunt directness.
  3. At all events, for some reason, the ex-Attorney-General was afraid to accept this opportunity to equivocate.
  4. I do not equivocate when I say that love is instinctive, and that the latter-day expression of love is artificial.
  5. When one thus remains in the clouds, he need not fear to equivocate.
  6. But her stainless heart was too proud in virtue to palter and equivocate with circumstances.