1ADJ-GRADED 模棱兩可的;含糊其詞的 If you are equivocal, you are deliberately vague in what you say, because you want to avoid speaking the truth or making a decision. 模棱兩可的;含糊其詞的 [formal]
Many were equivocal about the idea. [+ about]
很多人對這一觀點都含糊其詞。
His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
他模棱兩可的回應絲毫沒有消除人們的猜疑。
2ADJ-GRADED (常因自相矛盾而)難以理解的,難以解釋的 If something is equivocal, it is difficult to understand, interpret, or explain, often because it has aspects that seem to contradict each other. (常因自相矛盾而)難以理解的,難以解釋的 [formal]
Research in this area is somewhat equivocal.
這個領域的研究有點難以理解。
He was tortured by an awareness of the equivocal nature of his position.