| 单词 | prevaricate |
| 释义 | prevaricate verb[I] formaluk/prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/us/prɪˈver.ə.keɪt/toavoidtellingthetruthor sayingexactlywhat youthink: 支吾，搪塞，含糊其词Heaccusedtheministerof prevaricating.他指责部长一味搪塞。 Synonym equivocateformal Digressing and being indirect or evasive
Examplesofprevaricateprevaricate Judges do not like toprevaricateand do not like to put other judges in a position where they mustprevaricate. From theCambridge English Corpus My personal response was to suggest, in my review, that sociolinguistics needs to come down from the fence and stop prevaricating about the politics of 'standardness'. From theCambridge English Corpus Caesar and his colleagues prevaricated in the face of the company challenges. From theCambridge English Corpus For 10 months, the woman has been living on income support while her former husband skilfully evades the system by prevaricating over details. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For a fortnight or so there was no reply, and then there was a prevaricating reply, and finally we gathered that nothing would be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, rather than doing anything, it is prevaricating and stretching matters out so that none of the recommendations is implemented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If this is so, what can be the point of prevaricating? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he did not mean what he said, and intends toprevaricateover their implementation, he should resign now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do you not come out like men and tell the truth instead of going round and round prevaricating? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Recently in my constituency a ground landlord, by prevaricating, almost endangered a constituent's application for a grant to the point of disqualification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They may try to avoid payment or avoid liability or evenprevaricatein the settlement of compensation claims. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know how it has been prevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That vulgar halfpenny remains as a simple—and permanent, one hopes—reminder of the stupidity of prevaricating politicians. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we endlesslyprevaricate, hesitate and vacillate, we will lose a lot of support and people will start to ridicule us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This, no doubt, accounts for the junta's intransigent and prevaricating attitude in general. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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