Completely clear, with no room left for doubt or for a second reading. It describes words, answers, statements, evidence, support, or a refusal — not physical things. 'An unequivocal no' is a no with nothing soft around it: no 'maybe later', no 'we'll see'.

Completely clear完全清楚，with no room left for doubt or for a second reading不留任何懷疑或第二種解讀的空間。It describes它形容的是 words, answers, statements, evidence, support, or a refusal言詞、答案、聲明、證據、支持，或拒絕——not physical things不是實體的東西。'An unequivocal no'（斬釘截鐵的不） is a no with nothing soft around it是一個不帶任何緩衝的「不」：no 'maybe later'沒有『maybe later』（之後再說），no 'we'll see'也沒有『we'll see』（再看看）。

The heart of the word is the idea of one meaning only. Something equivocal can be read two ways, and often on purpose — politicians and careful bosses are very good at answers that could mean either yes or no. Unequivocal is the opposite move: you close the door on the second reading.

The heart of the word這個字的核心 is the idea of one meaning only是「只有一種意思」的概念。Something equivocal某個模稜兩可的東西 can be read two ways可以有兩種解讀，and often on purpose而且常常是故意的——politicians and careful bosses政客和謹慎的老闆 are very good at answers that could mean either yes or no很擅長給出可以解讀成是或不是的答案。Unequivocal is the opposite move Unequivocal 剛好相反：you close the door on the second reading你把第二種解讀的門關上。

That is why it so often appears where people expected hedging and did not get it — 'the report's conclusion was unequivocal', 'she gave the project her unequivocal support'. It is a formal word from news, law, science and business writing. In speech people say 'crystal clear', 'a flat no', or 'she was very clear about it'.

That is why這就是為什麼 it so often appears where people expected hedging and did not get it它常常出現在大家原本預期會含糊其辭、結果卻沒有含糊其辭的地方——'the report's conclusion was unequivocal'（這份報告的結論十分明確）, 'she gave the project her unequivocal support'（她給這個專案毫無保留的支持）。It is a formal word它是個正式用詞，from news, law, science and business writing來自新聞、法律、科學和商業寫作。In speech在口語裡 people say大家會說 'crystal clear'（清楚得很）, 'a flat no'（直接了當的不）, or 'she was very clear about it'或『she was very clear about it』（她講得很清楚）。

And be aware of the near-twin unambiguous, which means almost the same but points at the language itself (the wording allows only one reading), while unequivocal points more at the speaker's intent (they meant one thing and left no escape route).

And be aware of而且要注意 the near-twin unambiguous近親詞 unambiguous，which means almost the same但意思幾乎一樣，but points at the language itself不過它指向的是語言本身（the wording allows only one reading措辭只容許一種解讀），while unequivocal points more at the speaker's intent而 unequivocal 更指向說話者的意圖（they meant one thing and left no escape route他們的意思很明確，沒留退路）。