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prevaricate
v. 支吾其辞,搪塞,推诿

词形变化:

名词:prevarication 动词过去式:prevaricated 过去分词:prevaricated 现在分词:prevaricating 第三人称单数:prevaricates

例句与用法:

  1. Instead of admit his guilt, he prevaricate.
    他不但不承认,反而支吾其词。
  2. Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
    有什麽就原原本本地告诉我们吧, 别躲躲闪闪的.

英英解释:

动词 prevaricate:

  1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  2. 同义词:beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter