weasel word

weasel word什么意思,weasel word翻译

基本解释

n.: 滑头话；含糊其词的话；推诿词
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权威解释

• 滑头话；含糊其词的话；推诿词:

  a word that has little meaning, or more than one meaning, that you use when you want to avoid saying sth in a clear or direct way

例句

• "HAZE" is a weasel word for the eye-stinging, throat-rasping smog that periodically engulfs parts of South-East Asia.

  这场烟雾刺眼呛嗓，定期吞没东南亚部分地区，用“阴霾”一词形容，有些闪烁其辞。

• This guy is made for the job. If you take out every weasel word, all that"s left is "a of with and in the" , which I think I rather prefer.

  这个家伙很适合这项工作。如果把所有滑头话去掉，那么剩下的只是“一个、的、以及、在”了，我认为我还不如只看这几个词呢。

• So identify the weasel word and get out the two definitions - and show that somebody is flipping one or the other- is the way to do that.

  所以我试着定义这一狡猾的词语，得到两个定义，并展示有的人抛弃一个或另外一个-，是正确的方法。

• A weasel word is a modifier that almost contradicts the claim that is made.

  “鼬鼠”型的词语是一种修饰语，与广告词的意思几乎是相矛盾的。