equivocal

1. ADJ-GRADED 模棱两可的;含糊其词的
   If you are equivocal, you are deliberately vague in what you say, because you want to avoid speaking the truth or making a decision.
   1. Many were equivocal about the idea...
      很多人对这一观点都含糊其词。
   2. His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
      他模棱两可的回应丝毫没有消除人们的猜疑。
2. ADJ-GRADED （常因自相矛盾而）难以理解的，难以解释的
   If something is equivocal, it is difficult to understand, interpret, or explain, often because it has aspects that seem to contradict each other.
   1. Research in this area is somewhat equivocal...
      这个领域的研究有点难以理解。
   2. He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.
      意识到自己的立场本身难以解释清楚，他备受折磨。

1. Many were equivocal about the idea
   很多人对这一观点都含糊其词。
2. His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
   他模棱两可的回应丝毫没有消除人们的猜疑。
3. Research in this area is somewhat equivocal
   这个领域的研究有点难以理解。
4. He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.
   意识到自己的立场本身难以解释清楚，他备受折磨。
5. You must state your position on matters of principle. Don't be equivocal.
   在原则问题上要表明你的态度，不要依违两可。
6. 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。
7. He tried to fob me off with an equivocal answer.
   他模棱两可地想把我的问话搪塞过去。
8. He had always felt the absolute impossibility of addressing that enigmatical man, who was, in his eyes, both equivocal and imposing.
   他一向觉得绝对不可能和这个既暧昧威严，又莫测高深的人交谈。
9. That man had his heroic and his equivocal sides.
   这人，有他英勇可敬的一面，也有他暧昧可疑的一面。
10. Voters elsewhere may be equivocal, but the Scots have made up their minds.
    其他地区的选民可能是模棱两可的，但是苏格兰人已经下定决心。
11. Management of Yidelong: Speaking with numbers, equivocal report, account and study are nonsense and useless work, only action can prove all.
    益德隆的管理：用数字说话，模棱两可的汇报、说明和研究都是废话、是无效的工作，行动证明一切。
12. All physical evidence is equivocal.
    所有有形证物都不能指明凶手。
13. When asked whether a more aggressive approach meant more emphasis on serve-volleying, Roddick was equivocal, but admitted that he had been tinkering with that part of his game.
    当被问到更具进攻性是否意味着更多的发球上网时，罗迪克显得模棱两可，但是承认他在这方面开了小灶。
14. The politician gave an equivocal answer.
    那政客的答覆模两可。
15. Of note, carotid plaque was useful in defining risk in patients with a negative or equivocal result from stress testing.
    颈动脉斑点对定义阴性和可疑负荷试验结果病人的风险是有效的。
16. Some lawyers are now taking a relatively equivocal view of the rules.
    目前，一些律师对这些规定的看法比较模棱两可。
17. But evidence that insider trading actually harms markets is equivocal.
    但内幕交易确实对市场造成损害的证据仍显得模棱两可。
18. I knew that missing home is inevitable, my love to mom is not equivocal.
    我知道想家是不可避免的，我知道我对妈妈的爱是不含糊的。
19. That great moderation now looks more like a grand illusion or at least a more equivocal victory than once thought.
    这种大缓和的观点，如今看上去更像一个大错觉，或至少是比人们曾经认为的、更为难以捉摸的胜利。
20. Aliens of equivocal loyalty; his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son-Anna Jameson.
    忠心可疑的侨民；他遭受到良心的谴责，因为他强迫儿子加入性质可疑的联盟-安娜·詹姆士。
21. The court took the view that the defendant's plea was equivocal.
    法院认为被告的答辩是模棱两可的。
22. He found me equivocal on the subject.
    他发觉我对这件事态度暧昧。
23. You must state your position on matters of principle. Don't be equivocal. This man is communicating a submissive, non-threatening attitude.
    在原则问题上要表明你的态度，不要依违两可。这位男士表明的是一种顺从的、毫无威胁的态度。
24. He was very equivocal about his travel arrangements.
    他对他的旅行安排支支吾吾的。
25. An equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion.
    含糊的保留；避免完全断定的话。
26. The outlook for sterling is more equivocal.
    英镑的前景则更不明朗。
27. According to the rules, the agencies and agents cannot make price difference, provide help in equivocal contracts or provide real estate brokering service to illegal and banned deals.
    该《办法》明确，房地产经纪机构和人员不得从事赚取差价、协助签订“阴阳合同”、为不符合交易条件和禁止交易的房屋提供经纪服务等违法违规行为。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. I feel equivocal about this.
    我对此则感到没有把握。

  uncertain ambiguous arguable equivocal indefinite vague【导航词义：不确定的】

  uncertain adj. 不确定的；难预料的

〔辨析〕指人对某事没有把握的，此时通常作表语；也指某事不明确的。

  ambiguous adj. 模棱两可的，不明确的

〔辨析〕尤指可以理解为两种或更多意思，因而含糊不清、不明确的。

  arguable adj. 无把握的，有疑问的

〔辨析〕指不确定某事是否为真实的或准确的。

  equivocal adj. 模棱两可的，含糊的

〔辨析〕指所给的信息、意见、答复等故意含糊其词的。

  indefinite adj. 模糊不清的，不明确的

〔辨析〕指不确定的、不清楚的或没有明确定义或限定的。

  vague adj. 含糊的，不清楚的，不明确的

〔辨析〕指提供的信息不够详细或表达的意思不够明确的，也指记忆等不清晰的。