"equivocation" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 模棱两可
• 含糊其辞

Definition

模棱两可是指用模糊或含糊的语言来隐藏真相或避免直接回答。通常表示说出的话可以有多种理解方式。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式、学术、法律或政治语境，强调说话人故意含糊其辞，不同于普通的错误。常出现于“故意模棱两可”等词组中。

Examples

The politician's equivocation frustrated the reporters.

政客的**模棱两可**让记者们感到沮丧。

Her equivocation made it hard to trust her answer.

她的**含糊其辞**让人难以信任她的回答。

Equivocation can be used to avoid telling the truth.

**模棱两可**可以用来避免说出真相。

Whenever he was caught, he replied with clever equivocation instead of a straight answer.

每当他被抓住时，他总是用巧妙的**含糊其辞**来回应，而不是直接回答。

There's a lot of equivocation in legal documents to cover all possible situations.

法律文件中有很多**模棱两可**以应对各种可能的情况。

Her explanation was full of equivocation, so nobody really understood what happened.

她的解释里充满了**含糊其辞**，所以没人真正明白发生了什么。