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equivocate 音標拼音: [ɪkw'ɪvək ,et] vi. 說模棱兩可的話,支吾 說模棱兩可的話,支吾 equivocate v 1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [ synonym: { beat around the bush}, { equivocate}, { tergiversate}, { prevaricate}, { palter}] Equivocate \ E* quiv" o* cate\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Equivocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Equivocating}.] [ L. aequivocatus, p. p. of aequivocari to be called by the same name, fr. L. aequivocus: cf. F. [' e] quivoquer. See { Equivocal}, a.] To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one' s opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity. [ 1913 Webster] All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. -- Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn: To prevaricate; evade; shuffle; quibble. See { Prevaricate}. [ 1913 Webster]
Equivocate \ E* quiv" o* cate\, v. t. To render equivocal or ambiguous. [ 1913 Webster] He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -- Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " equivocate": about the bush, alternate, around the bush, avoid, back and fill, be untruthful, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, change, choplogic, deceive, dither, dodge, double- talk, draw the longbow, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evade the issue, exaggerate, falsify, fence, fib, fluctuate, hedge, hem and haw, hum and haw, lie, lie flatly, mince the truth, mince words, mislead, mystify, nitpick, obscure, oscillate, palter, parry, pendulate, pick nits, prevaricate, pull away, pull back, pussyfoot, put off, quibble, recoil, sheer off, shift, shift off, shilly- shally, shrink, shuffle, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, skirt, speak falsely, split hairs, step aside, story, stretch the truth, swerve, teeter, tell a lie, tergiversate, totter, vacillate, vary, waffle, ward off, waver, weasel, wobble
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