Double talk 含糊其辞
Double talk 含糊其辞Double有两面、双重的意思，手腕高强的政客在被问及引起争议的问题时，时而会采用double
talk，让听的人摸不着头脑。下面就是个例子:
Someone asked the candidate whether he'd vote to cut our
taxes. He gave the crowd a lot of double-talk which left us
arguing afterwards whether his answer was yes or no.
他说：有人问侯选人他是否会投票赞成为我们减税。他说了一大堆模棱两可，含糊其辞的话，叫大家事后不断争论他究竟回答了“是”还是“否。”
听他话的人都弄不清他究竟赞成还是不赞成，可见他说的是不置可否，模棱两可的话。这就是double-talk这个习惯用语的含义。
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