prevaricated
past simple and past participle ofprevaricate
| 单词 | prevaricated |
| 释义 | prevaricated past simple and past participle ofprevaricate prevaricate verb[I] formaluk/prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/us/prɪˈver.ə.keɪt/toavoidtellingthetruthor sayingexactlywhat youthink: Heaccusedtheministerof prevaricating. Synonym equivocateformal Digressing and being indirect or evasive
Examplesofprevaricatedprevaricated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Caesar and his colleaguesprevaricatedin the face of the company challenges. From theCambridge English Corpus We all know how it has beenprevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments of all political persuasions haveprevaricatedfar too long on regional pay supplements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even then, the bank delayed, blocked andprevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have had time enough to consider it, but they haveprevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The civil servantsprevaricatedand justified the existing situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theyprevaricatedfor so long that they were still dithering and deciding that they could not do anything when they lost the general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to protect him against any possibility of being scared, or beingprevaricatedagainst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They delayed andprevaricatedbut, eventually, we were forced to take a sugar-coated pill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am going to suggest that they haveprevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But, even on the issue of nationalisation, they have been uncertain, and they haveprevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it seems that their argument has been equally important to the tobacco industry, which has consistentlyprevaricatedin the same way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theyprevaricatedand spoke with many voices which caused quite unnecessary confusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has warbled, waffled andprevaricated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The board hasprevaricatedtime and again. 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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