prevaricate
听听怎么读
英 [prɪˈværɪkeɪt]
美 [prɪˈværɪˌket]
是什么意思
支吾；搪塞；说谎；
推诿的人；撒谎的人；
变形
过去式：prevaricated过去分词：prevaricated现在分词：prevaricating第三人称单数：prevaricates
英英释义
prevaricate[ pri'værikeit ]
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v.be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
同义词：beat around the bushequivocatetergiversatepalter
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
- Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
有什麽就原原本本地告诉我们吧，别躲躲闪闪的。 - He accused the minister of prevaricating.
他指责部长用搪塞蒙混过关。
权威例句
Prevaricate and lose : construction lawPRs simply prevaricate to perfectionShare Trading: Complicate, Then PrevaricateKelly Still in Limbo as Potters PrevaricateThe Rand experiment: don't prevaricate—participateAlaska's Palin polarizes even as she prevaricatesAspergillus flavus endocarditis--to prevaricate is to postureWhy We Must Snuff out the Bankers' Attempts to Prevaricate on ReformIsrael Misinformed Journalists; Military Prevaricated on Missiles Used in Attack in GazaThe Hutton Inquiry: MP Says Kelly Prevaricated and Misled Committee ; ANDREW MACKINLAY Foreign Affairs Select Committee Member
