prevaricate

vi. 支吾其辞, 搪塞

发音

UK /pɹɪˈvaɹɪkeɪt/
US /pɹɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/
US /pɹɪˈvɛɹɪkeɪt/

词形变化

prevaricated prevaricates 三单 prevaricates prevaricatest prevaricateth prevaricating prevaricating 现在分词 prevaricated 过去式 prevaricated 过去分词

别名

prævaricate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

    不及物 废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.

    搪塞

    不及物

    The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

  3. 3.

    To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

    不及物 法律
  4. 4.

    To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

    英国 法律

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

beat around the bush equivocate palter tergiversate

上位词 2

mislead misinform

词源

Borrowed from Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricō (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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