equivocation

n.

模棱两可的话，含糊话；

1. There is an element of equivocation in some of his statements.
   他的很多话中存在着模棱两可的内容。
2. He answered openly and honestly without hesitation or equivocation.
   他回答问题坦荡、真诚，没有丝毫犹豫和含糊。
3. Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
   含糊其词是谎话的近亲。
4. These actions must be condemned without equivocation.
   对这些行为必须毫不含糊地予以谴责。
5. You would wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
   若是你支吾其词，那不仅是欺骗他，也是欺骗你自己。

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