| 词汇 | prevaricated |
| 释义 | prevaricated past simple and past participle ofprevaricate prevaricate verb[ I ] formaluk /prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/ us /prɪˈver.ə.keɪt/ to avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think: 支吾，搪塞，含糊其词 He accused the minister of prevaricating.他指责部长一味搪塞。 Synonym equivocateformal Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory elliptical f-bomb get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom implicit parry prevaricate stray tangent tiptoe around something/someone unexpressed unvoiced Related wordprevarication Examples of prevaricatedprevaricated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Caesar and his colleagues prevaricated in the face of the company challenges. We all know how it has been prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments of all political persuasions have prevaricated far too long on regional pay supplements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even then, the bank delayed, blocked and prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have had time enough to consider it, but they have prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The civil servants prevaricated and justified the existing situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They prevaricated for so long that they were still dithering and deciding that they could not do anything when they lost the general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to protect him against any possibility of being scared, or being prevaricated against. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They delayed and prevaricated but, eventually, we were forced to take a sugar-coated pill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am going to suggest that they have prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, even on the issue of nationalisation, they have been uncertain, and they have prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it seems that their argument has been equally important to the tobacco industry, which has consistently prevaricated in the same way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They prevaricated and spoke with many voices which caused quite unnecessary confusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has warbled, waffled and prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The board has prevaricated time and again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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