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equivocal是什么意思

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equivocal 是什么意思

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中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.歧义的,语义双关的,多义的。
2.暧昧的,含糊的,可疑的。
3.不肯定的,不明确的。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer''s equivocal behavior increased the victim''s uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
同义词:ambiguous,

uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"

open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson

例句与用法

1.The ancient oracles were often vague and equivocal .
古代的神谕常是意义模糊和模棱两可的。

2.Old grandet's equivocal mirth was as grateful as sunshine .
葛朗台老头那种叫人猜不透意思的笑,真象一道阳光似的。

3.You must state your position on matters of principle. do n't be equivocal .
在原则问题上要表明你的态度,不要依违两可。

4.On matters of principle we should be clear-cut in attitude , and by no means be equivocal .
在原则问题上,我们必须态度鲜明,决不能模棱两可。

5.Macbeth now began to faint in resolution, and to doubt the equivocal speeches of the spirits .
这时候,麦克白的决心开始动摇了,他怀疑起鬼魂说的暖昧的话了。

6.A blare of sound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives, appeal to the astonished senses in equivocal terms .
市声的喧闹,生活的吆喝,鳞次栉比的楼房,用暖昧的言词叩动那受惊的心弦。

7.Descriptions of sandstone bodies are commonly incomplete, and the interpretations placed on their origins may be equivocal .
对砂岩体的描述通常不是完全的,因此对它们成因的解释也可能是不明确的。

8.The politician gave an equivocal answer
那政客的答覆模棱两可

9.Television ' s contribution to family life has been an equivocal one
电视对家庭生活的影响是有争议的。

10.The rhetoric effect of equivocal sentences
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