equivocate
英 [?'kw?v?ke?t]
美
- vi. 說模棱兩可的話；支吾， 躲閃；推諉；含糊其詞
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?equivocates;過去式:?equivocated;過去分詞:?equivocated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?equivocating;
英文詞源
- equivocate (v.)
- early 15c., equivocaten, from Medieval Latin equivocatus, past participle of equivocare "to call by the same name, be called by the same name, have the same sound," from Late Latin aequivocus "of identical sound" (see equivocation). Related: Equivocated; equivocating.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't equivocate with me I want a straight answer to a straight question!
- 別跟我繞彎子--我問的問題直截了當(dāng),回答也要直截了當(dāng)!
來自辭典例句
- 2. You can tell when they're stressed out, they'll equivocate and vacillate.
- 當(dāng)他們壓力過大時,你是可以辨別出來的, 因為他們會支支吾吾、猶豫不決.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. They waver while the latter stand firm, they equivocate while the latter are forthright.
- 前者動搖,后者堅定, 前者曖昧,后者明朗.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)