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equivocate
1、 To use ambiguous language, especially in order to deceive.
2、 To avoid giving a direct answer.
🌱As the company directors continued to equivocate, the union prepared to return to the picket lines. 🌳With its root equi-, meaning "equal," equivocate suggests speaking on both sides of an issue at the same time. An equivocal answer is one that manages not to take a stand; an unequivocal answer, by contrast, is strong and clear. Politicians are famous for equivocating, but equivocation is also typical of used-car salesmen, nervous witnesses in a courtroom, and guys whose girlfriends ask them how committed they are to a relationship. irrevocable Impossible to call back or retract.
🌱She had told him she wasn't going to see him again, but he couldn't believe her decision was irrevocable. 🌳Irrevocable has a formal sound to it and is often used in legal contexts. Irrevocable trusts are trust funds that cannot be dissolved by the people who created them （the other kind is a revocable trust）. An irrevocable credit is an absolute obligation from a bank to provide credit to a customer. Irrevocable gifts, under U.S. tax law, are gifts that are given by one living person to another and can't be reclaimed by the giver. But the word isn't always legal; we've all had to make irrevocable decisions, decisions that commit us absolutely to something. advocate To speak in favor of.
🌱Our lawyer is advocating a suit against the state, but most of us would rather try some other approaches first. 🌳The verb advocate may be followed by for （"advocated for better roads," "advocated for merging the two school districts"） or by a noun or gerund （"advocating an increase in the military budget," "advocated closing the budget gap"）. But advocate isn't only a verb: An advocate is someone who advocates for you, or argues on your side. Originally, this was often a lawyer in court, and in Britain advocate is still a term for "lawyer." vociferous Making noisy or emphatic outcries.
🌱Whenever the referee at these soccer games makes a questionable call, you hear vociferous protests from half the parents. 🌳A vociferous group shouts loudly and insistently, and they're usually not too happy about something. So, for example, we often hear about vociferous critics, vociferous demands, vociferous opponents, or a vociferous minority. When a small group makes itself vociferous enough, everyone else may even start thinking it's actually a majority.
2、 To avoid giving a direct answer.
🌱As the company directors continued to equivocate, the union prepared to return to the picket lines. 🌳With its root equi-, meaning "equal," equivocate suggests speaking on both sides of an issue at the same time. An equivocal answer is one that manages not to take a stand; an unequivocal answer, by contrast, is strong and clear. Politicians are famous for equivocating, but equivocation is also typical of used-car salesmen, nervous witnesses in a courtroom, and guys whose girlfriends ask them how committed they are to a relationship. irrevocable Impossible to call back or retract.
🌱She had told him she wasn't going to see him again, but he couldn't believe her decision was irrevocable. 🌳Irrevocable has a formal sound to it and is often used in legal contexts. Irrevocable trusts are trust funds that cannot be dissolved by the people who created them （the other kind is a revocable trust）. An irrevocable credit is an absolute obligation from a bank to provide credit to a customer. Irrevocable gifts, under U.S. tax law, are gifts that are given by one living person to another and can't be reclaimed by the giver. But the word isn't always legal; we've all had to make irrevocable decisions, decisions that commit us absolutely to something. advocate To speak in favor of.
🌱Our lawyer is advocating a suit against the state, but most of us would rather try some other approaches first. 🌳The verb advocate may be followed by for （"advocated for better roads," "advocated for merging the two school districts"） or by a noun or gerund （"advocating an increase in the military budget," "advocated closing the budget gap"）. But advocate isn't only a verb: An advocate is someone who advocates for you, or argues on your side. Originally, this was often a lawyer in court, and in Britain advocate is still a term for "lawyer." vociferous Making noisy or emphatic outcries.
🌱Whenever the referee at these soccer games makes a questionable call, you hear vociferous protests from half the parents. 🌳A vociferous group shouts loudly and insistently, and they're usually not too happy about something. So, for example, we often hear about vociferous critics, vociferous demands, vociferous opponents, or a vociferous minority. When a small group makes itself vociferous enough, everyone else may even start thinking it's actually a majority.
VOC comes from the Latin words meaning "voice" and "speak." So a vocal ensemble is a singing group. A vocation was originally a "calling" from God to do religious work as a priest, monk, or nun, though today most people use the word just to mean a career. And a vocabulary is a set of words for speaking.🌸