音标:[pri.væri'keiʃәn] ;
n. 支吾, 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
词型变化:名词复数形式 : prevarications
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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

  • prevaricate支吾其辞

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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