equivocal的中文翻譯是什麼意思

equivocal

US/ɪˈkwɪvəkl/
UK/ɪˈkwɪvəkl/

adj. 模稜兩可的; 意義不明的; 模糊的; (指人等)不可靠的

equivocal柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED模稜兩可的;含糊其詞的

If you are equivocal, you are deliberately vague in what you say, because you want to avoid speaking the truth or making a decision.

  • Many were equivocal about the idea...

    很多人對這一觀點都含糊其詞。

  • His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.

    他模稜兩可的迴應絲毫沒有消除人們的猜疑。

ADJ-GRADED(常因自相矛盾而)難以理解的,難以解釋的

If something is equivocal, it is difficult to understand, interpret, or explain, often because it has aspects that seem to contradict each other.

  • Research in this area is somewhat equivocal...

    這個領域的研究有點難以理解。

  • He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.

    意識到自己的立場本身難以解釋清楚,他備受折磨。

equivocal英文釋義

Adjective

1. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;

  • an equivocal statement
  • the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
  • the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
  • popularity is an equivocal crown
  • an equivocal response to an embarrassing question

2. open to question;

  • aliens of equivocal loyalty
  • his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson

3. uncertain as a sign or indication;

  • the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal

equivocal場景例句

Old Grandet's equivocal mirth was as greatful as sunshine.

葛朗臺老頭那種叫人猜不透意思的笑,真象一道陽光似的.

Some lawyers are now taking a relatively equivocal view of the rules.

目前,一些律師對這些規定的看法比較模稜兩可.

Results in the past have been equivocal, and replication of experiment is needed.

過去的研究沒有得出清楚地結論, 有必要複製實驗.

The officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness.

該官員模稜兩可的行為加劇了受害人的不安.

Macbeth now began to faint in resolution, and to doubt the equivocal speeches of the spirits.

這時候,麥克白的決心開始動搖了, 他懷疑起鬼魂說的暖昧的話了.

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