prevarication
noun[U]
formaluk/prɪˌvær.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/prɪˌver.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/thefactofavoidingtellingthetruthor sayingexactlywhat youthink:
支吾，搪塞，含糊其辞All myattemptstoquestiontheauthoritieson thesubjectweremetby prevarication.我在这个问题上向当局提出的所有质疑都遭到了推诿。
It was his prevarication thatcausedhim tolosetheelection.正是他的推诿导致他在选举中失败。
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- Thealteredplansand prevarication made everyonenervous.
- Hisexplanationwasawkwardbut it wasn’t prevarication.
- Deceit and prevarication werecommonplace.
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil