Evasive or misleading language; equivocation, verbal trickery or deception. Also as a count noun: an example of this.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > in speech (6) ambagea1413 Evasive or misleading language; equivocation, verbal trickery or deception. Also as a count noun: an example of this. boutgate1591 literal. A going about; hence, ambage, circumvention; equivocation, quibble. fallaciloquence1656 Deceitful speech. evasivea1734 as n. An evasive phrase or speech. sidestepping1902 The action of avoiding a difficult or disagreeable situation or issue; evasive speech or action; prevarication; an instance of any of these. non-speak1960 Language that imparts very little useful information, esp. deliberately, and is typically characterized by verbosity and jargon. |
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