prevarication

n. 搪塞；支吾

n.

支吾；搪塞；说谎；有枝有叶

英英释义

prevarication[ pri-,væri'keiʃən ]

n.

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

同义词：lie

intentionally vague or ambiguous

同义词：equivocationevasiveness

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

同义词：lyingfabrication

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

I said it was prevarication, chief engineer for the mission.
有人搪塞我说，总工程师出差去了。

All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by evasion and prevarication.
我就这个问题质问权威的一切努力均被回避和搪塞。

权威例句

prevarication (n.)

late 14c., "divergence from a right course, transgression," from Old French prevaricacion "breaking of God's laws, disobedience (to the Faith)" (12c., Modern French prévarication) and directly from Latin praevaricationem (nominative praevaricatio) "duplicity, collusion, a stepping out of line (of duty or behavior)," noun of action from past participle stem of praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," literally "walk crookedly," in Church Latin, "to transgress," from prae "before" (see pre-) + varicare "to straddle," from varicus "straddling," from varus "bowlegged, knock-kneed" (see varus). Meaning "evasion, quibbling" is attested from 1650s.

1. After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made.

政治决定在为期数月的推诿之后终于出台了。

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2. Prevarication must not be the name of the game.

而搪塞决不能成为游戏的名字。

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3. We oppose any reason for the delay and prevarication.

我们反对任何理由的拖延及推诿。

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4. 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。

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5. 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。

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6. Don't use excuse prevarication failure, don't let pride occupies the mind.

不要用借口搪塞失败，不要让骄傲占据心灵。

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7. 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。

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8. 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。

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9. All her attempts to question the authorities on the subject have been met by evasion and prevarication.

她就这一问题质问权威的一切尝试均被回避和搪塞。

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10. After three days of prevarication, Chubu Electric, the plant's operator, reluctantly agreed to a shutdown.

经过三天的周旋，滨冈核电站运营商日本中部电力公司终于勉强同意关闭该核电站。

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11. 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。

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12. Once things to be caught unprepared on theimminent, 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。

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13. 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。

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14. 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？

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15. AIDS patients suffering from other diseases, the need for surgery, because of the identity of the refusal by some hospitals and prevarication.

艾滋病患者身患其他疾病，需要外科手术，却因身份遭到一些医院的拒绝和推诿。

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16. One must assume that the sums that can be raised for the rescue package will now be more modest, which raises the question of whether the prevarication is really worth the turmoil it is causing.

那么，人们肯定认为这次能够筹集的救援资金肯定不会很多，这就引起另一个问题——这次会谈结果含含糊糊，还引发了那么大恐慌，这么做值得吗？

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17. One must assume that the sums that can be raised for the rescue package will now be more modest, which raises the question of whether the prevarication is really worth the turmoil it is causing.

那么，人们肯定认为这次能够筹集的救援资金肯定不会很多，这就引起另一个问题——这次会谈结果含含糊糊，还引发了那么大恐慌，这么做值得吗？

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18. delay, modification or prevarication

拖延、修改或推诿

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

19. to swear one's truthfulness to some deity, calling for the latter's punishment for prevarication

赌咒

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

20. But prevarication over the construction of new pipelines has both undermined those threats and exasperated

另一方面，其拖延修建新管道一举不仅冲淡了威胁的效力更激怒了中国方面。

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