英语释义

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• intentionally vague or ambiguous

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

片语

quillet遁辞；细微的区别

runaround回避；推诿；搪塞

英汉例句

• we oppose any reason for the delay and prevarication .

  我们反对任何理由的拖延及推诿。

• 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。

• prevarication must not be the name of the game.

  而搪塞决不能成为游戏的名字。

• the problem lies not just in mr obama’s long prevarication but in his presentation of the outcome.

  问题不仅在于奥巴马旷日持久的搪塞之辞，还（而）在于他对后果的表达方式。

• she is known now as the iron lady, but as a pretty, naive young pol who cut through cant, prevarication and some very real problems, she must have been exhilarating.

  她现在以「铁娘子」着称，可是作为一个漂亮、天真、年轻的政治家，在虚伪和含糊其辞的人们中间以及问题成灾的地方披荆斩棘，她一定令人感到兴奋。

• 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？

• 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。

• 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。

• she is known now as the iron lady, but as a pretty, na?ve young pol who cut through cant, prevarication and some very real problems, she must have been exhilarating.

  如今的她，被大家公认为铁娘子。不过，作为一个年轻貌美，生性淳朴的政坛骨干，她拒绝一切伪善之言，搪塞之言，还有一些非常真实的问题，她必然是令人愉悦的。

• 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？

• 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。

• 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。

相似词

deceit欺骗；谎言；欺诈手段

delusion迷惑，欺骗；错觉；幻想