equivocation
equivocation [ɪ'kwɪvə'keʃən]
n. 含糊话；模棱两可的话
名词复数:equivocations
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- n. 含糊话；模棱两可的话
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1. He looks at me sharply, distrusting my equivocation.
他犀利地看着我，不相信我的含糊其辞。
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2. Any equivocation implies the poorness of the decision making process in the first instance, and is never contemplated by a great leader.
任何模棱两可都暗示着这个决策的制定过程在一开始就是拙劣的。 这样的决策不会是出自一个优秀的领导者。
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3. Some argue that torture is justified if our survival is threatened, but even apart from the elasticity of this justification, it is flawed because it depends on an equivocation.
有人说，如果我们的生存受到了威胁，酷刑就是正当的；但是这一辩辞除了其伸缩性之外，还有别的瑕疵——它依赖于含糊其辞。
- equivocation (n.) late 14c., "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), noun of action from aequivocus "of identical sound, of equal voice, of equal significance, ambiguous, of like sound," past participle of aequivocare, from aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + vocare "to call" (from PIE root *wekw- "to speak").
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