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prevaricate

/prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/

翻译: 指说话或行事含糊其辞、闪烁其词,故意回避真相或明确立场,常带有误导或推诿之意。

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词语关系

verb

/prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/C2formal
  • zh指说话或行事含糊其辞、闪烁其词,故意回避真相或明确立场,常带有误导或推诿之意。

A verb used to indicate the act of speaking or acting in an evasive or misleading way, often to avoid telling the truth or committing to a position.

  1. Speak or act evasivelyC2formal

    To avoid telling the truth or making a clear statement, often by being deliberately ambiguous or misleading.

    zh搪塞

    • The politician prevaricated when asked about the scandal.
    • Instead of answering directly, she prevaricated about her involvement.
    • He tends to prevaricate when he feels cornered.

    同义词beat around the bushdodgeequivocateevadefencehedgeshuffletergiversate

    反义词affirmconfesscorroborateverify

词形
  • prevaricated past participle
  • prevaricated past simple
  • prevaricating present participle
  • prevaricates third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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