equivocal
معنی فارسی
داراي دومعني داراي ايهام دوپهلو مشکوک
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ē kwiv´ǝ kǝl, i-/adj.
● (دارای بیش از یک معنی یا تفسیر) چند پهلو، مبهم (به طور عمدی)، گنگ، دوپهلو، مذبذب
an equivocal reply
پاسخ چند پهلو
● نامعلوم، نامشخص، تعیین نشده، ندانستنی، ناهویدا
an equivocal outcome
نتیجهی نامعلوم
● مشکوک، ظن انگیز، پرسش انگیز، شک انگیز
equivocal conduct
رفتار مشکوک
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'aequivocus' meaning 'of equal voice or significance'.
مثال
- His words to the press were equivocal.
- The experiment produced equivocal results.
- She was equivocal about her plans.
ترکیبهای رایج
Equivocal response Equivocal result Equivocal evidence Equivocal situation Equivocal statement
تعریف انگلیسی
- 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”
- 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”
- uncertain as a sign or indication “the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Ambiguous, of doubtful meaning, to be taken in a double sense.
2. Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, indeterminate.