prevarication

prevarication读音音标

英 [prɪˌværɪ\'keɪʃn]

美 [prɪˌværɪ\'keɪʃn]

prevarication意思解释

n.

支吾；

搪塞；

说谎；

有枝有叶

英英释义

n.

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

同义词：lie

intentionally vague or ambiguous

同义词：equivocationevasiveness

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

同义词：lyingfabrication

双语例句

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。