prevarication

英 [prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn] 美 [prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃn]

• n. 支吾；推诿；搪塞；说谎，欺骗

英英释义

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

例句

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。

经典引文

• Timothy Shelley was not deceived by prevarications.

  出自： R. Christiansen

• What he wanted was an end to all this prevarication.

  出自： M. Forster

词汇搭配

• prevaricate 支吾其辞

近反义词

【近义词】

• deceit 欺骗
• delusion 错觉
• equivocation 模糊话
• evasiveness 模棱两可
• evasion 逃避
• avoidance 逃避
• hedging 对冲
• stonewalling 慎重的打球
• fabrication 制造
• lying 说谎的
• lie 躺下