prevaricate
发音
英 [prɪˈværɪkeɪt]
美 [prɪˈværɪˌket]
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- vi.
- 支吾
- 搪塞
- 说谎
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- n.
- 推诿的人
- 撒谎的人
单词词源
prevaricate 搪塞,支吾其词
pre-,在前,早于,预先,-var,改变,词源同vary,variouss.比喻用法。
双语例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. Mr karzai may prevaricate , but afghan political leaders have no intention of going the same way as iraq , where the withdrawal of immunity triggered the exit of american forces .
- 卡尔扎伊对此可能会闪烁其词,但是阿富汗领导人并不想重走伊拉克的老路,让豁免权的撤销导致美军撤离。
- 3. They should be declared invalid and certainly not be abused as a bureaucratic hurdle to prevaricate in a dangerous crisis .
- 应宣布它们无效,同时,当然也不应作为在一场危险的危机中推诿搪塞的官僚障碍被滥用。
- 4. And while western companies prevaricate , countries such as india and brazil are producing some highly impressive companies that often beat those western multinationals at their own game and with innovations aplenty .
- 尽管西方企业不肯承认,但印度和巴西等国正在涌现出一些表现极其出色的企业,常常能通过大量创新,赶超西方跨国企业。
- 5. Even as chinese leaders prevaricate and take half-measures to address the underlying causes of inflation , these problems are not being dealt with .
- 即使中国领导人敷衍塞责,采用折中的办法对待通胀的根本原因,这些问题还是没有得到处理。