prevaricated

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prevaricated

频次

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VERB 支吾；搪塞；推诿；闪烁其词
If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.

British ministers continued to prevaricate.

英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。
After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made.

在推诿了几个月后，终于做出了政治决定。

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Around this figure the West , for four decades , prevaricated .

四十年来，西方世界一直对这个家伙采取避让的态度。
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Confirming the US political adage that it is not the act that counts but the cover-up , the administration has squirmed and prevaricated about its job offers .

一提到提供的职位，奥巴马政府就局促不安，闪烁其辞，由此印证了美国政界的一句格言：重要的不是行动，而是掩盖真相。