prevaricate是什么意思？

prevaricate

英[prɪˈværɪkeɪt] 美[prɪˈværɪˌket]

• vi. 支吾，搪塞，说谎；
• n. 推诿的人，撒谎的人；

第三人称单数：prevaricates;

过去式：prevaricated;

过去分词：prevaricated;

现在分词：prevaricating;

名词：prevarication;

例句

• Didn’t prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly. 毫不欺骗而是坦言相告。
• Tell us exactly what happened and do not prevaricate. 有什麽就原原本本地告诉我们吧,别躲躲闪闪的.
• She would prevaricate, but it would be in the line of her feelings at least. 所以即使掩饰搪塞,她也得找个和她心情一致的借口.
• British ministers continued to prevaricate. 英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  支吾；搪塞；推诿；闪烁其词
  If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.
  例句
  British ministers continued to prevaricate. 英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  说谎
  Didn’t prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly. 毫不欺骗而是坦言相告。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information