equivocal
英 [ɪˈkwɪvəkl]
美 [ɪˈkwɪvəkl]
adj. 模棱两可的; 意义双关的; 含糊其辞的; 难以理解的; 难以解释清楚的
BNC.19210 / COCA.20444
同义词辨析
uncertainambiguousarguableequivocalindefinitevague【导航词义：不确定的】
uncertainadj. 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。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
ambiguousadj. 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。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
arguableadj. 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。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
equivocaladj. 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。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
indefiniteadj. 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。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
vagueadj. 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。
〔例证〕
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。
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。
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 模棱两可的;含糊其词的
If you areequivocal, 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。 - 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。
- Many were equivocal about the idea...
- ADJ-GRADED （常因自相矛盾而）难以理解的，难以解释的
If something isequivocal, 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。 - 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。
- Research in this area is somewhat equivocal...
双语例句
- 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。 - He found me equivocal on the subject.
他发觉我对这件事态度暧昧。 - 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。 - 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。 - The outlook for sterling is more equivocal.
英镑的前景则更不明朗。 - 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。 - Many were equivocal about the idea
很多人对这一观点都含糊其词。 - Research in this area is somewhat equivocal
这个领域的研究有点难以理解。 - I feel equivocal about this.
我对此则感到没有把握。 - 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。