equivocating

英 [ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪtɪŋ]

v.  (故意)含糊其辞，支吾，搪塞
equivocate的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• 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。
• She accused the Minister of equivocating, claiming that he had deliberately avoided telling the public how bad the problem really was.
  她指责那位部长含糊其词，断定他故意不让公众知道，问题是多么糟糕。
• 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。
• The mercenaries, who were themselves confused regarding their loyalties due to weeks of American foreign policy equivocating, attacked the palace by mistake.
  因为几周来美国的外交政策暧昧，这些雇佣兵对应该支持谁自己先迷糊了，所以错误地攻打宫殿。
• Please stop equivocating and give me a straight answer.
  别再支吾其词，给我一个直截了当的答复吧！
• So if I were equivocating on the word BT, or the letter BT, my conclusion might not follow from the premises.
  如果我用同样的话说BT，或者BT这两个字母，我的结论可能就不会紧随前提。