单词：prevarication
音标：[pri.væri'keiʃәn] ；
n. 支吾, 搪塞
[法] 推诿, 支吾其词, 搪塞
[法] 推诿, 支吾其词, 搪塞
n a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
n intentionally vague or ambiguous
n the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
n intentionally vague or ambiguous
n the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
词型变化：名词复数形式 : prevarications
词性分布：
prevarication的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- I said it was prevarication, chief engineer for the mission.有人搪塞我说，总工程师出差去了。
- 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
- prevaricate支吾其辞
经典引文
Timothy Shelley was not deceived by prevarications.
出自：R. ChristiansenWhat he wanted was an end to all this prevarication.
出自：M. Forster
【近义词】
- deceit欺骗
- delusion错觉
- equivocation模糊话
- evasiveness模棱两可
- evasion逃避
- avoidance逃避
- hedging对冲
- stonewalling慎重的打球
- fabrication制造
- lying说谎的
- lie躺下
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