prevarication
英[prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn]
美[prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn]
- n. 支吾；推诿；搪塞；说谎，欺骗
详细释义
Noun:
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a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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intentionally vague or ambiguous
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the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
双语例句
- 1. The longer negotiations drag on, the greater the risk of permanent prevarication.
- 谈判拖延的时间越久, 长期推诿责任的可能性就越大.
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- 2. The result can be a lot of needless prevarication.
- 结果就是带来一堆的借口.
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- 3. Prevarication must not be the name of the game.
- 而搪塞决不能成为游戏的名字.
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- 4. Each step in the euro's defence, however, had been preceded by prevarication and followed by recriminations.
- 然而, 欧洲在每次出台捍卫欧元的举措之前, 都先是推诿,随后又进行指责.
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- 5. All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by evasion and prevarication.
- 我就这个问题质问权威的一切努力均被回避和搪塞.
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- I said it was prevarication, chief engineer for the mission.
有人搪塞我说，总工程师出差去了。 - All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by evasion and prevarication.
我就这个问题质问权威的一切努力均被回避和搪塞。
用作名词 (n.)
用法讲解
- prevaricate 支吾其辞
相关词汇
- deceit 欺骗
- delusion 错觉
- equivocation 模糊话
- evasiveness 模棱两可
- evasion 逃避
- avoidance 逃避
- hedging 对冲
- stonewalling 慎重的打球
- fabrication 制造
- lying 说谎的
- lie 躺下
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