English to Finnish Meaning of equivocate - vastata vältellen


Equivocate :
vastata vältellen
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Definitions of equivocate in English
Verb(1) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Examples of equivocate in English
(1) They furrow their concerned brows and squint gravely towards the cameras in their field camo but all you hear is hedge and evade and dodge and divert and equivocate .(2) Canadians are fundamentally suspicious of any party that appears to equivocate about rights.(3) Bishops obfuscate, cardinals equivocate and Church spokesmen prevaricate as the tide of media condemnation surges around them.(4) The U.S. role has been equivocating for many years, because the United States has always seen Turkey as a key ally in a rough region, the Middle East.(5) But Congressional equivocation also reflects Congressional ambivalence.(6) With official equivocation over animal experiments, it isn't surprising that plans for a world-class primate research lab at Cambridge have been axed.(7) You read them and you see a man so cautiously calculating not to put a foot wrong that he envelops himself in a fog of caveats and equivocations .(8) Indeed, there's reason to hope that even the most benighted American moral equivocators may come to realize that the message of September is the exact opposite of the one they've been preaching.(9) His reactions are relevant only because they seem to fit his career-long pattern of equivocation and calculation trying whenever possible to have it both ways.(10) The excuses, explanations and equivocations are strictly for public consumption.(11) I say without equivocation to the House that the assets test is a logical and necessary expression of any genuine commitment to the pursuit of a needs based welfare system.(12) We'll publish pictures no one will publish, we'll show video no one will show, and we'll stay on it 24/7 until the truth penetrates through the lies and equivocations .(13) If he equivocates on the urgency to end the occupation, he's spirited in his insistence that the constitution will be Islamic.(14) I know there's been a lot of equivocation in this post.(15) Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides.(16) After initially equivocating , the ruler finally expressed on 15 August 1947 a preference to join Pakistan.
Related Phrases of equivocate
(1) equivocate ::
vastata vältellen
Synonyms
Verb
1. prevaricate ::
vältellä
2. be evasive ::
välttelevä
3. be noncommittal ::
olla välttelevä
4. be vague ::
epämääräinen
5. be ambiguous ::
olla epäselvä
6. dodge the question ::
väistää kysymystä
7. beat around the bush ::
kierrellä ja kaarrella
8. hedge ::
hedge
9. vacillate ::
horjua
10. shilly-shally ::
aikailla
11. waver ::
horjua
12. temporize ::
viivytellä
13. hesitate ::
epäröidä
14. stall ::
pilttuu
15. hem and haw ::
helma ja orapihlaja
16. pussyfoot around ::
arkailla noin
17. sit on the fence ::
jäädä odottavalle kannalle
18. tergiversate ::
tergiversate
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