prevaricate
英 [prɪ'værɪkeɪt]
美 [prɪ'værə'ket]
GRE
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。
- prevaricate
- prevaricate: [16] Etymologically, prevaricate means ‘walk crookedly’, and it goes back ultimately to a Latin adjective meaning ‘knockkneed’, varus. From this was derived the verb vāricāre ‘straddle’, which was combined with the prefix prae- ‘before, beyond’ to produce praevāricārī ‘walk crookedly’, hence ‘deviate’. This developed in English to ‘deviate from straightforward behaviour’, hence ‘be evasive, equivocate’.
- prevaricate (v.)
- 1580s, "to transgress," a back formation from prevarication, or else from Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," literally "walk crookedly;" in Church Latin, "to transgress" (see prevarication). Meaning "to speak evasively" is from 1630s. Related: Prevaricated; prevaricating.
- 1. British ministers continued to prevaricate.
- 英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Didn't prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly.
- 毫不欺骗而是坦言相告.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. Tell us exactly what happened and do not prevaricate.
- 有什麽就原原本本地告诉我们吧,别躲躲闪闪的.
来自互联网
- 5. Lu some prevaricate a few words hanged the phone.
- 卢某搪塞了几句话把电话挂了.
来自互联网
