prevarication

英[prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn] 美[prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn]
  • n. 支吾；推诿；搪塞；说谎，欺骗
  • prevail vi.盛行；获胜；劝说
  • prevalent adj.流行的；普遍的
  • prevent v.预防；防止，阻止；挡住
  • preventer n.妨碍者；阻扰者；妨碍物
  • previable adj.(胎儿)还不能生活的；可生活前的(尤指尚不能生活于子宫外的)

详细释义

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

双语例句

1. The longer negotiations drag on, the greater the risk of permanent prevarication.
谈判拖延的时间越久, 长期推诿责任的可能性就越大.

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2. The result can be a lot of needless prevarication.
结果就是带来一堆的借口.

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3. Prevarication must not be the name of the game.
而搪塞决不能成为游戏的名字.

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4. Each step in the euro's defence, however, had been preceded by prevarication and followed by recriminations.
然而, 欧洲在每次出台捍卫欧元的举措之前, 都先是推诿,随后又进行指责.

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5. 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.

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    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。

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