equivocate

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques. intransitive
    — Knock. Knock, knock. Who's there in th'other Deuils Name? Faith here's an Equiuocator, that could ſweare in both the Scales againſt eyther Scale, who committed Treaſon enough for Gods ſake, yet could not equiuocate to Heauen: oh come in, Equiuocator.
  2. To render equivocal or ambiguous. transitive
    — He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation

词形变化

equivocates present,singular,third-person equivocating participle,present equivocated participle,past equivocated past æquivocate alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
equivocal equivocatingly equivocator nonequivocating
相关词
prevaricate

词源

From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.
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