含糊其辞 [
hán hu qí cí]
equivocation
talking vaguely
- 他犀利地看着我,不相信我的含糊其辞。
He looks at me sharply, distrusting my equivocation. - 有人说,如果我们的生存受到了威胁,酷刑就是正当的;但是这一辩辞除了其伸缩性之外,还有别的瑕疵——它依赖于含糊其辞。
Some argue that torture is justified if our survival is threatened, but even apart from the elasticity of this justification, it is flawed because it depends on an equivocation. - 这件作品参照了麦加,但是她们把这件艺术品看作是宗教的附属品还是含糊其辞地用它来竞争就让人不甚明了了。
The work makes reference to Mecca, but it is not clear whether they see their art as subordinate to religion or vaguely in competition with it.