Stop equivocating and tell me what you really think.
别再含糊其辞了,告诉我你到底怎么想的。
When pressed by the journalist about the funding scandal, the politician equivocated, offering vague responses that satisfied no one.
当记者就资金丑闻追问时,那位政客含糊其辞,给出的模糊回答让所有人都不满意。
莎士比亚在《麦克白》(Macbeth) 中借麦克白之口说道:"I pull in resolution, and begin / To doubt the equivocation of the fiend",用 equivocation 一词揭示了女巫预言的双关本质,这是该词家族在英语文学中最著名的用例之一。