"equivocation" in Chinese (Traditional)
模稜兩可含糊其詞
Definition
模稜兩可是指用模糊或含糊的語言來隱藏真相或避免直接回答。通常指說出來的話可以有多種不同的理解。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
多用於正式、學術、法律或政治語境,指的是說話人有意講得含糊,不同於單純錯誤。常見於“刻意模稜兩可”這類用法中。
Examples
The politician's equivocation frustrated the reporters.
政治家的**模稜兩可**讓記者們感到沮喪。
Her equivocation made it hard to trust her answer.
她的**含糊其詞**讓人難以相信她的答案。
Equivocation can be used to avoid telling the truth.
**模稜兩可**可以用來避免說出真相。
Whenever he was caught, he replied with clever equivocation instead of a straight answer.
每當他被逮到時,他總是用巧妙的**含糊其詞**來回答,而不是直接作答。
There's a lot of equivocation in legal documents to cover all possible situations.
法律文件中有很多**模稜兩可**,以涵蓋所有可能的情況。
Her explanation was full of equivocation, so nobody really understood what happened.
她的解釋中充滿了**含糊其詞**,所以沒有人真的明白發生了什麼。