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prevarication是什么意思

2024-02-02 03:16:17
prevarication
美[prɪˌværɪkeɪʃn]  英[prɪˌværɪkeɪʃn]
n.  支吾;推诿;搪塞;说谎,欺骗
  近义词:deceit,delusion,equivocation,evasiveness,evasion,avoidance,hedging,stonewalling,fabrication,lying,lie,

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

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。