equivocal -adj. not clear and seeming to have two opposing meanings, or confusing and able to be understood in two different ways 模棱两可的,意义不明的模糊的;含糊的,不定的;(指人等)不可靠的;
Synonyms
debatable,disputable,dodgy [chiefly British],doubtable,doubtful,dubious,dubitable,fishy,problematic,problematical,queer,questionable,shady,shaky,suspect,suspicious
Example Sentences
1 When I go to galleries to see new art. … I don't care about what I see unless it holds my eye, and that is an almost involuntary experience; but once something has that hold on me—even in a tentative, equivocal way—other factors come into play, and I find myself reaching for analogies, ideas, theories.
—Jed Perl, New Republic, 20 Mar. 2000
2 He [Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec] frequented the sleazy underworld of Paris, but moved in top circles too, and by virtue of his equivocal status as a landed gentleman-turned-bohemian artist, was sufficiently an outsider to be a detached observer of the diverse social classes among whom he ranged so freely.
—Elizabeth Cowling, Times Literary Supplement, 8 Nov. 1991
3 He responded to reporters' questions with equivocal answers.
4 The experiment produced equivocal results.
5 Ralph was more equivocal about the democratization of information.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2023