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模棱两可mó léng liǎng kěambiguous; am phibolous; betwixt and between; dubious; equivocal;quibble (/shift) and hedge; vague
❍ 过了一阵，他才～地说：“可以说有，也可以说没有。”(罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》427) Finally,he replied ambiguously: “Yes and no.”/他害怕事情一旦变化，他将有不测大祸，所以跪在地上回答了一句～的话：……(姚雪垠《李自成》Ⅱ—715)He feared that if the situation suddenly changed he might find himself in bad trouble. Kneeling on the ground he therefore answered in an ambiguous manner: …/他也变换了态度，～地说： “当然，我也摸不透，刚才也只是顺嘴胡说。”(黎汝清《海岛女民兵》265)He did not quite know what to say and replied vaguely，“But I really don’t know. Can’t make him out. I was talking through my hat just now.” 模棱两可equivocal; ambiguous; dubious; ambivalent; prevaricate on a subject
采取～的态度take an equivocal attitude/～的提法ambiguous formulation (or expression) 模棱两可mó lénɡ liǎnɡ kě模棱：指对问题正反两方面的看法含含糊糊，态度不明确；两可：这样也可以，那样也可以。指不表示明确的态度，或没有明确的主张。equivocal, cut both ways, swim between two waters, off again, on again, on the line, shift and hedge |