prevarication

基本解释

• n.支吾；推诿；搪塞；说谎，欺骗

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Technically, it's only a prevarication - about half a sin.
  从学术上讲，这只是搪塞——约是犯罪的一半。
• Prevarication makes matters worse. The euro zone’s actions have been hesitant and haphazard.
  然而像这样的搪塞令情况变得更糟，欧元区部门的行动犹豫不决且毫无条理。
• Their actions leave open the further question: when does out-and-out prevarication shade off into self-deception and denial?
  他们的行动揭开了深层的问题：不折不扣的搪塞什么时候掩盖了自我欺骗和自我否认？

权威例句

• Instead, in a classic prevarication, they decided to adjust the mechanisms—once applicants come close to joining.
  ECONOMIST: Cheer up, Europe
• The problem lies not just in Mr Obama's long prevarication but in his presentation of the outcome.
  ECONOMIST: The surge in Afghanistan
• After much prevarication, the vast Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea will supposedly be developed soon.
  ECONOMIST: Russian gas and Europe

词组短语

短语

• equivocate falter haw prevarication 支吾
• Mutual Prevarication Phenomenon Occurred 互相推诿现象发生

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