prevaricated

prevaricated

美 [prɪˈverɪˌkeɪt] 　英 [prɪˈværɪkeɪt]

• v.支吾
• 网络支吾其词；搪塞；撒谎

词形变化

第三人称单数：prevaricates  现在分词：prevaricating  过去式：prevaricated  

同义词

英汉解释

v.	1. 支吾,搪塞,推诿,撒赖

英英解释

v.	1. to avoid saying or doing something because you want to cause a delay or hide the truth

例句

While Kashmir's Hindu rulers prevaricated, hoping somehow to become an independent country, Pakistan's leaders decided to force the issue.

当克什米尔的印度教统治者支支吾吾，希望以某种方式将该地区变成一个独立国家时，巴基斯坦的领导人强迫其明确表态。

So far the government has prevaricated about the need for continued fiscal stimulus.

截至目前，政府对于持续的财政刺激措施还在采取推诿的态度。

most people prevaricated for several minutes.

多数人支吾了一会儿。

Around this figure the West, for four decades, prevaricated.

四十年以来，西方对于这个人物，一直支支吾吾。