| 单词 | equivocation |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [i`kwivə'keiʃən] |
| 解释 | n.模棱两可的话，含糊话 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | equivocation (n.) late 14c., "the fallacy of using a word in different senses at different stages of the reasoning" (a loan-translation of Greek homonymia, literally "having the same name"), from Old French equivocation, from Late Latin aequivocationem (nominative aequivocatio), from aequivocus "of identical sound," past participle of aequivocare, from aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 模棱两可的含糊话 【类】equivocation: coax = explanation: enlighten含糊其词的目的是哄骗 = 解释的目的是启发equivocation: clarity = prevarication: truth含糊其词不会清楚 = 支吾不会真实equivocation: ambiguous = platitude: banal = oxymoron: incongruous含糊其词是含糊的 = 陈词滥调是陈腐的 = 矛盾修饰法是不调和的equivocation: misleading = bromide[cliché]: hackneyed含糊其词是误导的 = 陈词滥调是陈腐的equivocation: truth = euphemism: offense含糊其词不真实 = 委婉说法不冒犯obfuscation: clarity = metaphor: description困惑糊涂不清楚 = 隐喻不清楚描述equivocation: definite = rationalization: plausible模棱两可的话不是确定的 = 合理化行为不是似是而非的 【反】clarity(n 清楚; 透明) |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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