prevarication的中文翻译是什么意思

prevarication

US/prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn/
UK/prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn/

n. 支吾; 搪塞; 说谎; 有枝有叶

prevarication柯林斯释义

VERB支吾;搪塞;推诿;闪烁其词

If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.

  • British ministers continued to prevaricate.

    英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。

prevarication英文释义

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场景例句

        The result can be a lot of needless prevarication.

        结果就是带来一堆的借口.

        Prevarication must not be the name of the game.

        而搪塞决不能成为游戏的名字.

        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.

        prevarication词性变形

        prevaricate

        prevarication近义词

        deceitdelusion