Clear and direct, definite, straightforward, certain, having a single, obvious
meaning, capable of being interpreted in only one way.
Unequivocal, clear and direct, and ambiguous, uncertain, unclear, are
antonyms.
Unequivocal combines the common prefix un-, which means not, with
the word equivocal, a synonym of ambiguous. Equivocal language can be
interpreted in several ways; it is deliberately vague, evasive, or ambiguous.
Unequivocal language is clear, straightforward, and direct: “Reporters are
so accustomed to equivocal answers from government officials that they
are often surprised and suspicious when they get an unequivocal
response.”
Now that you know the meaning of unequivocal I’d like to caution you
about how you pronounce it. I have heard many educated speakers add a
syllable to the word and say “unequivocable,” and I have even seen the
word misspelled that way in books and magazines. No matter whom you
hear saying “unequivocable,” it's incorrect—a beastly mispronunciation.
Unequivocal ends with -vocal, not -vocable, and has five syllables:
un-e-quiv-o-cal.
Make_It_Happen
leaving no doubt; unambiguous 毫不含糊的; 清楚明白的 unequivocally adv. unequivocalness n.
王二狗Mark
Clear and direct, definite, straightforward, certain, having a single, obvious meaning, capable of being interpreted in only one way. Unequivocal, clear and direct, and ambiguous, uncertain, unclear, are antonyms.
王二狗Mark
Unequivocal combines the common prefix un-, which means not, with the word equivocal, a synonym of ambiguous. Equivocal language can be interpreted in several ways; it is deliberately vague, evasive, or ambiguous. Unequivocal language is clear, straightforward, and direct: “Reporters are so accustomed to equivocal answers from government officials that they are often surprised and suspicious when they get an unequivocal response.”
王二狗Mark
Now that you know the meaning of unequivocal I’d like to caution you about how you pronounce it. I have heard many educated speakers add a syllable to the word and say “unequivocable,” and I have even seen the word misspelled that way in books and magazines. No matter whom you hear saying “unequivocable,” it's incorrect—a beastly mispronunciation. Unequivocal ends with -vocal, not -vocable, and has five syllables: un-e-quiv-o-cal.
王二狗Mark
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