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pre·var·i·cate 英prɪ'værɪkeɪt美prɪ'værɪkeɪt COCA¹⁹⁶²³³BNC⁹¹⁵¹⁷⁺⁸
基本英英近义反义例句例句
v.支吾其辞¹⁸;搪塞⁸²原型prevaricate的现在分词名词prevarication过去分词prevaricated现在分词prevaricating三单prevaricates
Verb:
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information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 Villa manager is renowned for prevaricating in the market but even by his standards business has been slow.
维拉主教练在转会市场的模棱两可尽人皆知，但即使如此，他目前的动作也显得太缓慢了。 yeeyan
Dabbling in the Middle East—fraternising with Hamas, prevaricating on Iran— offers a chance to assuage Muslim anger over Chechnya, at the same time as frustrating the Americans.
涉足中东事务——同哈马斯友善交往，在伊朗问题上支吾搪塞——提供了一个缓和穆斯林对车臣问题的愤怒的机会，同时也挫败了美国的企图。 ecocn
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is prevaricating on talks, mindful of his growing marginalization in Palestinian political life.
巴勒斯坦权力主席默罕默德阿巴斯在谈判中不说真话，而且顾忌着他在巴勒斯坦的政治生活逐渐被边缘化。 yeeyan
The Dutch centre-left coalition government is prevaricating over whether to extend the mission of its troops beyond2008.
荷兰中间偏左的联合政府在2008年以后是否延长部队的使命这一问题上态度不明。 edu.sina.com.cn |