prevaricate
音标[pri'værikeit]
汉语翻译
vi. 支吾其辞, 搪塞
词型变化
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
英语解释
动词 prevaricate:
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information同义词：beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter
例句
- Instead of admit his guilt, he prevaricate.他不但不承认，反而支吾其词。
- 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。
详细解释
pre.var.i.cate
v.intr.（不及物动词）pre.var.i.cat.ed,pre.var.i.cat.ing,pre.var.i.cates To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.See Synonyms at lie 2支吾，搪塞：不说真话，含糊其词参见 lie2
来源：Latin praev3ric3ro praev3ric3t- 拉丁语 praev3ric3ro praev3ric3t- prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀，表.在…之前.] v3ric3re [to straddle] from v3ricus [straddling] from v3rus [bent] v3ric3re [杂乱伸展] 源自 v3ricus [分开的] 源自 v3rus [弯曲的]
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prevar.ica.tion
n.（名词）prevar.ica.tor
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