equivocation
/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/
- n.
- 模棱两可的话，含糊话
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
equivocation
词源说明
c. 1380, from Middle English equivocacion, from Old French equivocation, from Medieval Latin aequivocātiō, from aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”); a calque of Ancient Greek ὁμωνυμία (homōnumía).
释义
名词noun
- 1(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
- 2The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.