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prevaricate

音標[pri'v?rikeit] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vi. 支吾其辭, 搪塞

詞型變化:

名詞:prevarication 動詞過去式:prevaricated 過去分詞:prevaricated 現在分詞:prevaricating 第三人稱單數:prevaricates 

英文解釋:

動詞 prevaricate:

  1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
    同義詞:beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter

例句:

  1. Instead of admit his guilt, he prevaricate.
    他不但不承認,反而支吾其詞。
  2. Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
    什麽就原原本本地告訴我們吧,別躲躲閃閃的。

詳細解釋:


pre.var.i.cate

v.intr.(不及物動詞)
pre.var.i.cat.ed,pre.var.i.cat.ing,pre.var.i.cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.See Synonyms at lie 2
支吾,搪塞:不說真話,含糊其詞參見 lie2

來源:
Latin praev3ric3ro praev3ric3t-
拉丁語 praev3ric3ro praev3ric3t-
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前綴,表.在…之前.]
v3ric3re [to straddle] from v3ricus [straddling] from v3rus [bent]
v3ric3re [雜亂伸展] 源自 v3ricus [分開的] 源自 v3rus [彎曲的]

【引伸】
prevar.ica.tion
n.(名詞)
prevar.ica.tor
n.(名詞)

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