equivocate

柯林斯詞典

1. V-I When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth. 含糊其辭; 說模棱兩可的話
He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections. 他含含糊糊地說著很多如果進行選舉會發(fā)生的狀況。
He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated. 他又問了一次她的財務(wù)狀況。她再次含糊其辭。
2. equivocationN-UNCOUNT [usu 'without' N]
Why doesn't the president say so without equivocation?
為什么總統(tǒng)不能直截了當(dāng)?shù)卣f呢？