prevarication

prevarication读音音标

英[prɪˌværɪ\\\'keɪʃn]

美[prɪˌværɪ\\\'keɪʃn]

基本意思释义

n.支吾; 搪塞; 说谎; 有枝有叶

词性变化

动词:prevaricate;

短语及实用例句

The result can be a lot of needless prevarication.

结果就是带来一堆的借口.

Prevarication must not be the name of the game.

而搪塞决不能成为游戏的名字.

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.

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