double-talk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈdouble-talk noun [uncountable] SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGspeech that is complicated and can have more than one meaning, sometimes used deliberately to deceive or confuse people 模棱两可的讲话，含糊的言辞 SYN British English double-speak legal double-talk 法律上模棱两可的话
Examples from the Corpus
double-talk• If she had a gift, he thought, it was for parable and double-talk.• The statement, in the best Pentagonian double-talk, was designed to deceive.ˈdouble-talk nounChineseSyllable
complicated than can one and Corpus that more speech is have meaning,
double-talk
ˈdouble-talk
noun [uncountable]
speech that is complicated and can have more than one meaning, sometimes used deliberately to deceive or confuse people
SYN double-speak British English:
legal double-talk
ˈdouble-talk
noun [uncountable]speech that is complicated and can have more than one meaning, sometimes used deliberately to deceive or confuse people
SYN double-speak British English: