prevaricate 详细解释

prevaricate

[pri'værikeit]

v.支吾其辞, 搪塞

词形变化

名词: prevarication | 动词过去式: prevaricated | 动词过去分词: prevaricated | 动词现在分词: prevaricating | 动词第三人称单数: prevaricates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

fabricate  

英英释义

动词 prevaricate:

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

同义词：beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter

补充

prevaricateprevaricate英:[priˈværikeit] 美:[prɪˈværɪˌket]vi.1.支吾, 搪塞2.说谎

例句

1. British ministers continued to prevaricate.英国的部长们继续含糊其辞。 2. Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.有什么就详详细细地告诉我们，不要支吾。 3. he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions.当记者问到一些尖锐问题时，他似乎在搪塞。 4. Government officials prevaricated about the real costs of the project.政府官员们对这项工程的真正花销闪烁其词。 5. "Please answer clearly, without prevarication."请明确回答问题，不要搪塞。 6. You've answered with nothing but half-truths and prevarications.你的回答只有一半是真实的，另一半是搪塞之词。

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