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词典释义:
prevaricate
时间: 2023-12-26 01:57:29
GRE
英 [prɪˈvarɪkeɪt]
美 [prəˈvɛrəˌkeɪt]

v. 支吾;搪塞;推诿;含糊其辞

双语例句
  • He accused the minister of prevaricating.

    他指责部长闪烁其辞

  • She saw no reason to prevaricate.

    她认为没有必要闪烁其词。

  • Then prevaricate with the other to watch the film!

    然后说些了无关紧要的话去看电影去了!

  • I'd prevaricate. "Well, I come from a Christian country but ..."

    我支吾其词地说,“是啊,我从基督教国家来,但是……,”

  • She would prevaricate, but it would be in the line of her feelings at least.

    所以即使掩饰搪塞,她也得找个和她心情一致的借口。

  • But France is always dragging, and finally even quoted "day price" to prevaricate.

    但法方总是百般拖延,最后甚至报出“天价”来搪塞。

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词根 prevaricate

释义
v.

speak or act in an evasive way

支吾,搪塞,推诿,含糊其辞

  • he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions.

    当记者问到一些尖锐问题时,他似乎在搪塞。

词源

"mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘go astray, transgress'): from Latin praevaricat- ‘walked crookedly, deviated', from the verb praevaricari, from prae ‘before'+varicari ‘straddle' (from varus ‘bent, knock-kneed’)."

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