prevaricate
英 [pr?'v?r?ke?t]
美[pr?'v?r?'ket]
- vi. 搪塞；支吾其辭，閃爍其辭
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?prevaricates;過去式:?prevaricated;過去分詞:?prevaricated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?prevaricating;名詞:?prevarication;
中文詞源
prevaricate 搪塞，支吾其詞
pre-,在前，早于，預先，-var,改變，詞源同vary,variouss.比喻用法。
英文詞源
- prevaricate
- prevaricate: [16] Etymologically, prevaricate means ‘walk crookedly’, and it goes back ultimately to a Latin adjective meaning ‘knockkneed’, varus. From this was derived the verb vāricāre ‘straddle’, which was combined with the prefix prae- ‘before, beyond’ to produce praevāricārī ‘walk crookedly’, hence ‘deviate’. This developed in English to ‘deviate from straightforward behaviour’, hence ‘be evasive, equivocate’.
- prevaricate (v.)
- 1580s, "to transgress," a back formation from prevarication, or else from Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," literally "walk crookedly;" in Church Latin, "to transgress" (see prevarication). Meaning "to speak evasively" is from 1630s. Related: Prevaricated; prevaricating.
雙語例句
- 1. British ministers continued to prevaricate.
- 英國的大臣們?nèi)匀婚W爍其詞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Didn't prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly.
- 毫不欺騙而是坦言相告.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She would prevaricate, but it would be in the line of her feelings at least.
- 所以即使掩飾搪塞,她也得找個和她心情一致的借口.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. Tell us exactly what happened and do not prevaricate.
- 有什麼就原原本本地告訴我們吧,別躲躲閃閃的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Lu some prevaricate a few words hanged the phone.
- 盧某搪塞了幾句話把電話掛了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)