Word · Frequency #32909
prevarication
不实之词;假话;谎言
核心释义
a statement that misrepresents or twists the truth
- 1.
逃避真相。
Evasion of the truth.
- 2.
在公职中秘密滥用职权。
A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
- 3.
假装从事某事以达到破坏或摧毁的目的。
A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
支吾;含糊其词;模棱两可;推诿;搪塞;故意回避事实;逃避真相。;在公职中秘密滥用职权。;假装从事某事以达到破坏或摧毁的目的。
用法In use
The salesperson's prevarication about the hidden fees made me lose trust in the company.
用法提示:此处 prevarication 为名词,作主语,表示“搪塞、支吾”的行为。
After hearing his vague prevarication, the teacher asked for a direct yes or no.
用法提示:此处 prevarication 为名词,作 hearing 的宾语,指“含糊其词、搪塞的话”。
The manager's repeated prevarications about the deadline frustrated the whole team.
用法提示:此处 prevarications 为名词复数,表示多次“推诿、搪塞”的行为,作主语。
prevarication about/on something
The politician's prevarication on the issue was evident.
该政治家在这个问题上的支吾其词是明显的。
a prevarication
prevarication 可作为可数名词,指具体的搪塞之言。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- equivocation
- 含糊其辞 · 与 prevarication 相比,equivocation 侧重于故意使用模棱两可的语言来误导,而 prevarication 侧重于回避事实或说谎。
- procrastination
- 拖延 · 发音和拼写相似,但 procrastination 是行动延迟,prevarication 是语言回避。
词族Word family
- prevarications
- plural
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