prevaricate
v.支吾搪塞
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名词:prevarication 动词过去式:prevaricated 过去分词:prevaricated 现在分词:prevaricating 第三人称单数:prevaricates
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prevaricate
/prɪ'værɪkeɪt; prɪ`værə,ket/ v [I] (fml 文) try to avoid telling the (whole) truth by speaking in an evasive or a misleading way; equivocate 支吾; 搪塞; 闪烁其辞
*Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.有什么就原原本本地告诉我们吧, 别躲躲闪闪的.
*Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.有什么就原原本本地告诉我们吧, 别躲躲闪闪的.
prevaricate
v [I and T]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of praevaricari 'to leave a straight course', from varicari 'to spread the legs apart']
to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly
'I'm not sure,' he prevaricated.
>prevarication [prɪ,værɪ'keɪʃən/
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of praevaricari 'to leave a straight course', from varicari 'to spread the legs apart']
to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly
'I'm not sure,' he prevaricated.
>prevarication [prɪ,værɪ'keɪʃən/
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