equivocation | BrE ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n, AmE ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n | noun ① uncountable (using ambiguous or vague statements) 含糊其辞 hánhu qí cí ▸ without equivocation 毫不含糊地 ② countable (ambiguous expression) 搪塞的话 tángsè de huà ▸ the speech was full of contradictions and equivocations 这篇演讲全都是自相矛盾和模棱两可的话 |