prevaricate

英 [prɪˈværɪkeɪt]

美 [prɪˈværɪkeɪt]

v.  支吾搪塞; 闪烁其词; 吞吞吐吐

过去式：prevaricated　现在分词：prevaricating　过去分词：prevaricated　第三人称单数：prevaricates　复数：prevaricates　

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BNC.22985 / COCA.39840

牛津词典

verb

• 支吾搪塞；闪烁其词；吞吞吐吐
  to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth
  1. Stop prevaricating and come to the point.
     别吞吞吐吐的，有话快说吧。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 支吾；搪塞；推诿；闪烁其词
  If youprevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.
  1. British ministers continued to prevaricate.
     英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。

英英释义

verb

• be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  Synonym:beat around the bushequivocatetergiversatepalter

双语例句

• We now know that Rupert just might be a doddering old fool, that his son can prevaricate with the best of them, and that Wendi Deng has clearly been put on edge by the whole experience.
  现在我们知道，鲁伯特或许只是一个糊涂的糟老头子，他儿子则是尽其所能支吾其词，而且显然整个事件已经让他的妻子邓文迪变得神经紧张。
• Instead of admit his guilt, he prevaricate.
  他不但不承认，反而支吾其词。
• He loudly opposes torture while his Republican colleagues prevaricate.
  当他的同事们闪烁其词时，他大声反对刑讯。
• British ministers continued to prevaricate.
  英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。
• And while western companies prevaricate, countries such as India and Brazil are producing some highly impressive companies that often beat those Western multinationals at their own game and with innovations aplenty.
  尽管西方企业不肯承认，但印度和巴西等国正在涌现出一些表现极其出色的企业，常常能通过大量创新，赶超西方跨国企业。
• If you tell me any lies, or attempt to prevaricate in any way, or even fall below your usual level of intelligence, you will cry out with pain, instantly.
  如果你向我说谎，或者不论想怎么样搪塞，或者甚至说的不符合你平时的智力水平，你都会马上痛得叫出来。
• Even as Chinese leaders prevaricate and take half-measures to address the underlying causes of inflation, these problems are not being dealt with.
  即使中国领导人敷衍塞责，采用折中的办法对待通胀的根本原因，这些问题还是没有得到处理。
• Its leaders cannot prevaricate over diplomacy for ever; ditching their anti-Semitic charter would help too.
  它的领导人在外交上不能总是支支吾吾；抛弃他们反犹太的主张将会有所帮助。
• The words sound just fell, those big guy yet pedal Anne the sea and small valuable son discard in the side and prevaricate on the owner, alas hey reserve vocation.
  话音刚落，那些大汉已被安海和小贵子扔到了边上，躺在地主，唉哟叫个不停。
• I'm never one to make a decision when I can procrastinate, fudge and prevaricate.
  一曲抛若能拖延、回避、搪塞，我从不作决定。