prevaricated

美 [pr??ver??ke?t] 　英 [pr??vær?ke?t]

• v.支吾
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)支吾其詞；搪塞；撒謊

詞形變化

第三人稱單數(shù)：prevaricates  現(xiàn)在分詞：prevaricating  過去式：prevaricated  

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.	1. 支吾,搪塞,推諉,撒賴

英英解釋

v.	1. to avoid saying or doing something because you want to cause a delay or hide the truth

例句

While Kashmir's Hindu rulers prevaricated, hoping somehow to become an independent country, Pakistan's leaders decided to force the issue.

當(dāng)克什米爾的印度教統(tǒng)治者支支吾吾，希望以某種方式將該地區(qū)變成一個獨(dú)立國家時，巴基斯坦的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人強(qiáng)迫其明確表態(tài)。

So far the government has prevaricated about the need for continued fiscal stimulus.

截至目前，政府對于持續(xù)的財政刺激措施還在采取推諉的態(tài)度。

most people prevaricated for several minutes.

多數(shù)人支吾了一會兒。

Around this figure the West, for four decades, prevaricated.

四十年以來，西方對于這個人物，一直支支吾吾。