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单词 equivocate
释义 equivocate
 —equivocatingly,  adv.   —equivocator,  n.  
 /i kwiv"euh kayt'/,  v.i.  , equivocated, equivocating.
 to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
 [1375-1425; late ME < ML aequivocatus, ptp. of aequivocare; see EQUIVOCAL, -ATE1]
 Syn. evade, stall, dodge.
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