equivocal
英[ɪ'kwɪvək(ə)l]
美[ɪ'kwɪvəkl]
- adj. 模棱两可的；可疑的
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. 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
- 3. uncertain as a sign or indication;
- "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"