prevarication 详细解释

prevarication

[.priværi'keifən]

n. 支吾, 推诿, 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:

delusion  deceit  

英英释义

名词 prevarication:

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

同义词:lie

intentionally vague or ambiguous

同义词:equivocation, evasiveness

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

同义词:lying, fabrication

补充

prevaricationprevaricationn.1.支吾,搪塞

例句

1. After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made.推诿了几个月后, 这一政治决策终于敲定。 2. I'm tired of his prevarication.我厌倦了他的搪塞推诿。 3. "Please answer clearly, without prevarication."请明确回答问题,不要搪塞。 4. 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。