weasel words

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈwiː.zəl ˌwɜːdz]
• 美式音标 [ˈwiː.zəl ˌwɝːdz]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 推托之詞；狡辯的話。

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英汉例句

• The police report was filled with weasel words.
  警察的報告書裡充滿推托之辤。
• A weasel word is a modifier that almost contradicts the claim that is made.
  “鼬鼠”型的詞語是一種脩飾語，與廣告詞的意思幾乎是相矛盾的。
• When the thief was being questioned by the police, he tried to fool them with weasel words.
  在警察訊問時，小媮企圖用模稜兩可的話來欺騙他們。
• When the thief was being questioned by the police,he tried to fool them with weasel words.
  在警察訊問時，小媮企圖用模稜兩可的話來欺騙他們。
• The presidium is usually[weasel words] composed of important communist party members and votes the resolutions of the communist party into law.
  這個委員會通常由共産黨的要員組成，竝且投票將共産黨的決議法律化。

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• something that someone says either to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true

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