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equivocation
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /ɪˌkwɪv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ɪˌkwɪv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a way of speaking that is intentionally not clear and is confusing to other people, especially to hide the truth, or something said in this way: 含糊其辞;模棱两可
He answered openly and honestly without hesitation or equivocation.他开诚布公地回答了问题，没有犹豫不决或者含糊其辞。
Her equivocations were not evasions.她含糊其辞，但没有避而不谈。
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equivocate
She spoke without any equivocation.
After a year of equivocation, he granted me access to his papers.
He answered our questions with equivocations.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
hedging
implicit
mealy-mouthed
obscure
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
unexpressed
unvoiced
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