equivocal
- adj.模棱两可的;含糊其辞的;难以理解的;难以解释清楚的;意义双关的
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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.Many were equivocal about the idea...
很多人对这一观点都含糊其词。
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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.Research in this area is somewhat equivocal...
这个领域的研究有点难以理解。
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- uncertain as a sign or indication
- the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal
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- 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
- Synonym: ambiguous
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- 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 Jameso
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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。
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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。
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She gave an equivocal answer , typical of a politician .
她的回答模棱两可，是典型的政客做法。
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The experiments produced equivocal results .
这些实验产生的结果难以理解。
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Research in this area is somewhat equivocal
这个领域的研究有点难以理解。
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Many were equivocal about the idea
很多人对这一观点都含糊其词。
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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。
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The answers given by the minister were always equivocal .
那位部长的回答总是模棱两可。
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He was rather equivocal about his working experiences .
他谈到他的工作经历时有点含糊其词。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Due to its equivocal and unstable status , it develops with great difficulty .
中国人类学发展的难点主要是人类学学科地位不明确或不稳固，其今后发展的焦点是人类学中国化或本土化的问题。
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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。
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He found me equivocal on the subject .
他发觉我对这件事态度暧昧。
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Equivocal appendicitis cases , on the other hand , would be processed through computer scanning .
临床上模棱两可之病人，则安排计算机断层检查。
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That is a question many men have found themselves asking , and the scientific evidence is equivocal .
很多男人都会问自己这个问题，但是至今依然没有一个明确的科学解答。
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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。
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Results In cases with HE staining , there were 21 cases negative , 10 cases equivocal , 44 cases malignant ;
结果在75例积液中，HE诊断阴性21例，可疑10例，恶性44例。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Results There were four causes for misdiagnosis of SOM : ( 1 ) equivocal symptoms ;
结果误诊原因有四方面：1症状不典型；
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20 patients were obstructed and 19 un obstructed in the patients located on equivocal area ;
E区患者中，20例为梗阻者，19例为非梗阻者；
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If the law principle is ambiguous or equivocal , the judge can use average law principle not according to the rule .
若法律规则含混不清或模棱两可，法官就可以不适用规则而适用一般法律原则；
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Simultaneously poured the emotion into the elastic equivocal housing space pattern to have the background and own characteristic .
同时就注入情感的弹性多义的居住空间模式产生背景及自身特点进行了适应性和可行性的分析。
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All physical evidence is equivocal .
所有有形证物都不能指明凶手。
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Given the gravity of some of the allegations , it leaves an equivocal impression ;
鉴于其中一些指控非常严重，这种回应给人一种模棱两可的感觉；
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Image is equivocal , one of all the abstract meanings in which is fixed by the anchorage of language .
画面是暧昧多义的，语言如锚，将画面众多意义中的一个固定和昭示出来。
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。
I am uncertain when he will come.
我不清楚他什么时候来。
He was uncertain about whether to buy the jacket.
他拿不定主意要不要买那件夹克。
It is uncertain whether she will win first place.
她是否会取得第一名还不太清楚。
His uncertain temper made him have few friends.
他的脾气令人捉摸不透，因而没什么朋友。
尤指可以理解为两种或更多意思，因而含糊不清、不明确的。
The minister's answer was highly ambiguous.
该部长的回答十分模棱两可。
Her role in the incident was ambiguous.
她在那次事件中的角色并不明确。
指不确定某事是否为真实的或准确的。
Whether or not he can be elected (as) mayor is arguable.
他是否能被选为市长有待商榷。
It is arguable whether the meeting should have been delayed.
这个会议原本是否应该推迟还是个问题。
指所给的信息、意见、答复等故意含糊其词的。
He was rather equivocal about his working experiences.
他谈到他的工作经历时有点含糊其词。
The answers given by the minister were always equivocal.
那位部长的回答总是模棱两可。
指不确定的、不清楚的或没有明确定义或限定的。
an indefinite number of people
不确定的人数
These terminologies are so indefinite that they are confusing.
这些专门用语很不明确，令人费解。
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。
The mayor gave only a vague outline of his employment plan.
市长只是含糊地大致说了一下他的劳动力就业计划。
The two students were vague about why they had been late.
对于为什么迟到，这两名学生含糊其词。
He had a vague recollection that he had put the key in the drawer.
他隐约记得自己把钥匙放在抽屉里了。