equivocate

equivocate
[ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt]
verb
  1. [no obj.]use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
    支吾；含糊其词；推诿
    [with direct speech]‘Not that we are aware of’, she equivocated.
    “我们没有意识到那一点”，她推诿说。
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equivocation
noun
equivocator
noun
equivocatory
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'use a word in more than one sense'): from late Latin aequivocat- 'called by the same name', from the verb aequivocare, from aequivocus (see equivocal)
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