| 词汇 | prevarication |
| 释义 | prevarication noun[ U ] formaluk /prɪˌvær.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /prɪˌver.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the fact of avoiding telling the truth or saying exactly what you think: 支吾，搪塞，含糊其辞 All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by prevarication.我在这个问题上向当局提出的所有质疑都遭到了推诿。 It was his prevarication that caused him to lose the election. 正是他的推诿导致他在选举中失败。 See prevaricate The altered plans and prevarication made everyone nervous. His explanation was awkward but it wasn’t prevarication. Deceit and prevarication were commonplace. Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory f-bomb get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom implicit mealy-mouthed obscure parry prevaricate stray tangent unexpressed unvoiced |
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