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基本英英词源记法近义反义例句例句
v.支吾其辞¹⁸;搪塞⁸²名词prevarication过去分词prevaricated现在分词prevaricating三单prevaricates
欺骗清楚/含糊说话
Verb:
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold informationpre-,在前，早于，预先，-var,改变，词源同vary,variouss.比喻用法。钱博士pre在前面+varic分腿站立，脚踏两只船，和词根var-(变化多端词源相关)+ate拉丁语动词的过去分词后缀，在此构成动词→在前面脚踏两只船→说话和做事两面三刀，左右逢源⇒支吾，搪塞，推诿，含糊其辞pre在前面+varic分腿站立，脚踏两只船，和词根var-(变化多端词源相关)-ate…的拉丁语动词的过去分词后缀，在此构成动词→在前面脚踏两只船→说话和做事两面三刀，左右逢源⇒支吾，搪塞，推诿，含糊其辞。GRE红宝书pre前, varic = vary变化, ate－提前想好变化之词－支吾其词
pre + vary 预先变化，预先想好变化之词
pre预先+varic=va ry变化+ate→预先想好变化之词→支吾，说谎GRE难词记忆prevaricate → pre向 前+ varicate=tostraddle the legs 叉开双腿→叉开双腿向前走→一拐一拐地走路→舌头在嘴里一拐一拐地→支吾词根记忆pre预先+ vari变化+ cate → 预先想好变化之词 ⇒说谎GRE难词记忆varicate→variate v.变形→叉开双腿身体就变了形词根记忆pre预先+vari+cate=预先想好了变化之词=说谎近义词 lie躺下dither抖hedge树篱evade逃避stall栅栏fudge软糖quibble争论put off不安misstate说错fabricate编造dissemble掩饰palter含糊其词tergiversate搪塞equivocate说模棱两可的话…fib尤指无伤大雅的小谎…beat about the bush转弯抹角beat around the bush旁敲侧击
动词84%,名词16%
用作动词Tell us exactly what happened and don'tprevaricate.有什麽就原原本本地告诉我们吧，别躲躲闪闪的。
He accused the minister ofprevaricating.他指责部长用搪塞蒙混过关。 The Chuang Wei smiles unusually flirtatiously and kissed close Yang Tian's lips, “etc. you to can make200 Fus prevaricate to assist of time, I assist your instinct.”
庄薇笑得异常妖娆，亲了亲杨天的嘴唇，“等你能做200个俯卧撑的时候，我就成全你的本能。” blog.sina.com.cn
Don't tell me your love is a prevaricate.
不要告诉我你的爱是一个谎言。 yangsheng110
Follow a geomancy voice, the clear orchid listen a burst of a cry voice and fight a voice unclearly and grow to prevaricate prone a window, small face son mortal pale;
顺着风水声，明兰隐隐听到一阵阵叫喊声和打斗声，长栋趴着窗，小脸儿惨白； www.bb365.org.cn
He loudly opposes torture while his Republican colleagues prevaricate.
当他的同事们闪烁其词时，他大声反对刑讯。 ecocn
Its leaders cannot prevaricate over diplomacy for ever; ditching their anti- Semitic charter would help too.
它的领导人在外交上不能总是支支吾吾；抛弃他们反犹太的主张将会有所帮助。 ecocn
She would prevaricate, but it would be in the line of her feelings at least.
所以即使掩饰搪塞，她也得找个和她心情一致的借口。 jukuu
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。《21世纪大英汉词典》
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。 fortunechina
Whenever“ devil” asked about China's natural childbirth, I always with“ my child is natural labor” to avoid embarrassing prevaricate painstakingly digital.
每当“鬼子”问起中国的自然分娩率的时候，我总是以“我的孩子是顺产的”来搪塞，刻意避开难堪的数字。 xstfcyy |