Equivocal

[ɪ'kwɪvək(ə)l] or [ɪ'kwɪvəkl]

解释:

(adj.) uncertain as a sign or indication; 'the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal' .

(adj.) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; 'an equivocal statement'; 'the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates'; 'the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness'; 'popularity is an equivocal crown'; 'an equivocal response to an embarrassing question' .

(adj.) open to question; 'aliens of equivocal loyalty'; 'his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son'-Anna Jameson .

整理:弗娜--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.

(a.) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.

(a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.

(n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

编辑:西尔维亚

同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Ambiguous, of doubtful meaning, to be taken in a double sense.[2]. Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, indeterminate.

伊迪丝录入

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Dubious, ambiguous, doubtful, double-sided

ANT:Univocal, plain, direct, clear

录入:莱尔

解释:

adj. capable of meaning two or more things: of doubtful meaning: capable of a double explanation: suspicious: questionable.—adv. Equiv′ocally.—n. Equiv′ocalness.—v.i. Equiv′ocāte to use equivocal or doubtful words in order to mislead.—ns. Equivocā′tion act of equivocating or using ambiguous words to mislead; Equiv′ocātor.—adj. Equiv′ocātory containing or characterised by equivocation.—ns. E′quivoke E′quivoque an equivocal expression: equivocation: a quibble.

手打:洛伊斯