prevarication

[prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn]     [prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn]    
  • n. 支吾;推诿;搪塞;说谎,欺骗
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prevarication的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

  2. intentionally vague or ambiguous

  3. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

prevarication的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词 (n.)
  1. I said it was prevarication, chief engineer for the mission.
    有人搪塞我说,总工程师出差去了。
  2. 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。

词汇搭配

经典引文

  • Timothy Shelley was not deceived by prevarications.

    出自: R. Christiansen
  • What he wanted was an end to all this prevarication.

    出自: M. Forster

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