汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 含糊其词
含糊其词 (含糊其詞)
to equivocate / to talk evasively (idiom)
含糊 Unclear / 词 Discourse / Deliberately said something ambiguous, unclear, unclear
含糊不明确,不清晰。词话语。故意把话说得模棱两可,不清楚,不明确。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

发言人对这件事不置可否,含糊其词

The spokesman slurred over the matter without giving a straight answer.

这次全国民主大会含糊其词地结束了。

The national conference on democracy ended ambiguously.

霍尔先生对开发公司已创造的岗位数量含糊其词

Mr. Hall is non-committal about the number of jobs that the development corporation has created.

对于这部作品的真实意图,作者纳博科夫也是含糊其词,不肯深究。

The writer's real intention of this novel is also ambiguous.

你并没有回答我的问题。或是说,你回答很气人,因为含糊其词——回答得明确些。

That is no answer; or rather it is a very irritating, because a very evasive one. Reply clearly.