prevarication
美 [prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] 
英 [prɪˌværɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
- n.推诿搪塞；〔律〕避免正面回答
- 网络支吾；支吾，说谎；支支吾吾
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英汉解释
例句
Not really. To embroil the war with the settlement of such intractable disputes is to give an excuse for prevarication.
这不尽然，卷入一场解决此类棘手争议的战争将给巴基斯坦提供推诿的借口。
Faced with accusations of prevarication, the White House said there would be no "dramatic" troop reduction.
面对着在有关问题上闪烁其词的指控，白宫不得不说没有大规模裁军的计划。
But prevarication is no longer good enough. In the coming months, Europe may be forced to decide.
但回避和搪塞已不再合适。未来几个月，欧洲或许将被迫作出决定。
Prevarication is one of the techniques the businessman prefers to employ.
搪塞是这个商人喜欢使用的技巧之一。
They were invited to Einstein's home for dinner, and prevarication, long black hair and brown eyes, small pay Einstein became friends.
他们被邀请来爱因斯坦家里吃饭，并和羞答答、长着黑头发和棕色眼睛的小爱因斯坦交成了好朋友。
After three days of prevarication, Chubu Electric, the plant's operator, reluctantly agreed to a shutdown.
三天的搪塞之后，日本中部电力公司，滨冈核电站的所有者，勉强答应了关闭核电站的要求。
Once things to be caught unprepared on the imminent, they will find an excuse prevarication everywhere perfunctory.
可一旦事到临头就措手不及，他们就到处找借口推诿敷衍。
As for Iran's nuclear programme, the president's outstretched hand has been greeted with more prevarication in Tehran.
至于伊朗的核计划，奥巴马伸出的手只是换来德黑兰更多的搪塞。
The problem lies not just in Mr Obama's long prevarication but in his presentation of the outcome.
问题不仅在于奥巴马旷日持久的搪塞之辞，还（而）在于他对后果的表达方式。
Prevarication makes matters worse. The euro zone's actions have been hesitant and haphazard.
然而像这样的搪塞令情况变得更糟，欧元区部门的行动犹豫不决且毫无条理。
But prevarication over the construction of new pipelines has both undermined those threats and exasperated the Chinese.
但在建设新管道方面又一味搪塞，这不仅破坏了威胁的效果，而且激怒了中国人。
Behind the paralysis in Washington and prevarication in Berlin lies a troubling thought.
在华盛顿政治瘫痪和柏林犹豫不决的背后，隐藏着一种令人不安的想法。
Prevarication couched in pious homilies may no longer suffice.
表述在虔诚的布道中的支吾可能不再足够。
Technically, it's only a prevarication - about half a sin.
从学术上讲，这只是搪塞——约是犯罪的一半。
The result can be a lot of needless prevarication.
结果就是带来一堆的借口。
And this is part of the prevarication.
这是推诿的一部分。
Surprisingly, he has tried prevarication that now rents than in 1999 when many, I rented a house, he has very favourable .
谁知他却百般推诿，说现在房屋租金比1999年涨了不少，房子租给我，他已经很吃亏了。
Their actions leave open the further question: when does out-and-out prevarication shade off into self-deception and denial?
他们的行动揭开了深层的问题：不折不扣的搪塞什么时候掩盖了自我欺骗和自我否认？
( a ) of the complaints against women's rights, accusation, impeach, prevarication, delay, suppression is not investigated;
对有关侵害妇女权益的申诉、控告、检举，推诿、拖延、压制不予查处的；
A negligence or a prevarication in a mood of times of silence
一次敷衍，一回搪塞，一种心情，一片无奈
