Equivocal

(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

• But there was less equivocal testimony, which the credulity of the assembly, or of the greater part, greedily swallowed, however incredible. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And the course is all the clearer from there being no salary in question to put my persistence in an equivocal light. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Jos had always had rather a mean opinion of the Captain, and now began to think his courage was somewhat equivocal. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Nothing more than that he is an equivocal character. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He made a curious grimace--one of his strange and equivocal demonstrations--threw down his cue and followed me from the room. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• On his side the inclination was stronger, on hers less equivocal. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• These equivocal compliments did not seem to please Hortense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

手打:洛伊斯