a word or phrase with double meaning

• 1. 双关: Pun | bamboo joint | Punning | Paronomasia
• 2. 双关语: pun | quibble | a play upon words
• 3. 谐音双关: homophonic pun | Homophone | Paronomasia | homophonous Pun

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• 1.他提到“恶毒诽谤”一词，这可能和某个参议员的名字一语双关。
  He spoke of a hatchet job, which may be a pun on some senator's name.
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• 2.如果你刚一走出楼梯就称他为黄鼠狼（双关语：狡猾的人），那你很难跟立法者同事进行谈判。
  It is hard to negotiate with a fellow lawmaker if the next minute you walk out on the steps and call [him] a weasel.
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• 3.正如一名外交官一语双关地指出的那样，一大批宿命论者认为俄罗斯“使我们处于困境”。
  A larger group of fatalists who think that Russia "has us over a barrel", as one diplomat punningly puts it.
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