prevarication [pri-,væri'keiʃən]

英汉解释

n. 搪塞；支吾

同义词

n. equivocation，evasiveness，fabrication，lie

参考例句

1. Prevarication couched in pious homilies may no longer suffice.
表述在虔诚的布道中的支吾可能不再足够。
2. Faced with accusations of prevarication, the White House said there would be no "dramatic" troop reduction.
面对着在有关问题上闪烁其词的指控，白宫不得不说没有大规模裁军的计划。
3. Must not look around in terms of it, prevarication, because it will not only and actually play down their own.
千万不能环顾左右而言它，支吾搪塞，因为这样不仅会误人子弟，而且实际上也是在贬低自己。

英英解释

n.
  1. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
  2. intentionally vague or ambiguous
  3. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

网络释义

prevarication
支吾; 推诿; 支吾搪塞; 不相关性;
equivocate falter haw prevarication
支吾;