| 单词 | equivocate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [i'kwivəkeit] |
| 解释 | v.模棱两可地说，支吾其词，说谎 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 模棱两可地说，支吾 其词, 说谎(to use equivocal terms in order to deceive, mislead, hedge) 【考】 fawn : imperiousness / equivocate : directness(奉承的人不会傲慢/ 含糊其词的人不会直 截了当)equivocate : commitment / procrastinate : action(含糊其词是不想承诺 /拖延是不想行动)grandstand : impress / equivocate : deceive(哗众取宠是为了留下 印象/含糊其词是为了 欺骗) 【考】 equivocation : misleading / bromide : hackneyed(模棱两可的话特点是 误导的/庸俗之言特点 是陈腐的) 【同】 派生词: equivocation (n.模棱两可的话) 【例】 Don't equivocate! Just tell me the truth. |
| 字源 | equivocate (v.) early 15c., equivocaten, from Medieval Latin equivocatus, past participle of equivocare "to call by the same name," from Late Latin aequivocus (see equivocation). Related: Equivocated; equivocating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 模棱两可他说(故意使用模棱两可的语言, 避免作明确的声明) 【记】equi平等, voc声音－声音差不多－含糊其词 【参】equivocal(adj 模棱两可的) = ambiguous = misleading = vague 【类】fawn: imperiousness = equivocate: directness奉承的不会傲慢 = 含糊其词的不会直截了当equivocate: commitment = procrastinate: action含糊其词是不想承诺 = 拖延是不想行动grandstand: impress = equivocate: deceive哗众取宠是为了留下印象 = 含糊其词是为了欺骗ambiguous: understand = equivocal: meaning模糊的缺乏理解 = 摸棱两可的缺乏含义 【反】communicate straightforwardly(直截了当地交流); waffle(v 胡扯)－speak unequivocally(说话不搪塞) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】equi + voice 相同的声音 【相关】vocation 召唤, 号召,天职,才能, 职业， avocation 副业, 业余爱好，convocation 集会, 召集，equivocate 说模棱两可的话, 支吾，evocation 唤出, 唤起, 招魂，invocation 祈祷, 符咒，provocation 激怒, 刺激, 挑衅，revocation 撤回，vocal 声音的 |
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