equivocation

名词 equivocation:

1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
   同义词：evasion
2. intentionally vague or ambiguous
   同义词：prevarication, evasiveness
3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
   同义词：tergiversation

1. An equivocation; a quibble.
   遁辞模棱两可的话; 遁辞
2. Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.
   含糊其词是谎话的近亲。

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n.（名词）
The use of equivocal language.
语义双关：对模棱两可语言的使用
An equivocal statement or expression.
模棱两可：模棱两可的陈述或表达