When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth.
例句
He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections...他支支吾吾地說著很多萬一進行選舉會發生的狀況。He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated.他又一次詢問她的財務狀況，她再次含糊其詞。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
2. intentionally vague or ambiguous
3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language