prevaricate
prevaricate 英 [prɪˈværɪkeɪt] 美 [prɪˈværɪˌket]
vi. 搪塞；支吾其辞，闪烁其辞
进行时:prevaricating 过去式:prevaricated 过去分词:prevaricated 第三人称单数:prevaricates 名词复数:prevaricates
- When you prevaricate, you lie or mislead. Now, go ahead and tell me whether you already knew that meaning, and don’t prevaricate about it — give me the story straight!
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- vi. 搪塞；支吾其辞，闪烁其辞
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1. Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
有什么就详详细细地告诉我们，不要支吾。
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2. We now know that Rupert just might be a doddering old fool, that his son can prevaricate with the best of them, and that Wendi Deng has clearly been put on edge by the whole experience.
现在我们知道，鲁伯特或许只是一个糊涂的糟老头子，他儿子则是尽其所能支吾其词，而且显然整个事件已经让他的妻子邓文迪变得神经紧张。
- prevaricate (v.) 1580s, "to transgress," a back formation from prevarication, or else from Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," literally "walk crookedly;" in Church Latin, "to transgress" (see prevarication). Meaning "to speak evasively" is from 1630s. Related: Prevaricated; prevaricating.
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