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Definition of palter in English: palterverb ˈpɔːltəˈpɒltəˈpɔltər [no object]archaic 1Equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech. 闪烁其词；支吾搪塞 if you palter or double in your answers, I will have thee hung alive in an iron chain Example sentencesExamples - Too much paltering in journalism is fatal to a writer's development.
- What a paltering - what a childish paltering - unworthy of a schoolboy - is his solemn denial that the Pilgrims sailed for New England because they were persecuted.
- He is the patron saint of fibbing (also known as paltering).
Synonyms prevarication, vagueness, qualification, ambiguity, uncertainty, ambivalence, indecision, doubt 2palter withTrifle with. this great work should not be paltered with 这件重要的工作不能敷衍了事。 Example sentencesExamples - Paltering with "God's truth," then, is playing fast and loose with the metonyms that may be interpreted authoritatively only by the patriarchy.
- He sought - and found - a man who paltered with the truth and monkeyed with the work of officials.
- So to hold is near to saying that we have been paltering with justice.
- It is the worse, then, when he palters with the terms of banishment, allowing Bolingbroke to return in six years, Mowbray never.
Synonyms treat in a cavalier fashion, treat lightly, treat frivolously, treat casually, play ducks and drakes with
Derivativesnoun archaic ‘Was I a preacher?’ Pain asked of Anderson, ‘no I was a palterer, and my living was but in paltry, and I had no mind to mend yet.’ Example sentencesExamples - Britain's decline in military and economic power forced Churchill to move "from conjurer to palterer," from someone who could transform the Dunkirk retreat into a victory, to someone who could only pretend to play the role of leader of a great power.
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense 'mumble or babble'): of unknown origin. Rhymesaltar, alter, assaulter, defaulter, falter, Gibraltar, halter, Malta, psalter, salter, vaulter, Walter Definition of palter in US English: palterverbˈpôltərˈpɔltər [no object]archaic 1Equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech. 闪烁其词；支吾搪塞 Example sentencesExamples - What a paltering - what a childish paltering - unworthy of a schoolboy - is his solemn denial that the Pilgrims sailed for New England because they were persecuted.
- He is the patron saint of fibbing (also known as paltering).
- Too much paltering in journalism is fatal to a writer's development.
Synonyms prevarication, vagueness, qualification, ambiguity, uncertainty, ambivalence, indecision, doubt 2palter withTrifle with. this great work should not be paltered with 这件重要的工作不能敷衍了事。 Example sentencesExamples - It is the worse, then, when he palters with the terms of banishment, allowing Bolingbroke to return in six years, Mowbray never.
- Paltering with "God's truth," then, is playing fast and loose with the metonyms that may be interpreted authoritatively only by the patriarchy.
- So to hold is near to saying that we have been paltering with justice.
- He sought - and found - a man who paltered with the truth and monkeyed with the work of officials.
Synonyms treat in a cavalier fashion, treat lightly, treat frivolously, treat casually, play ducks and drakes with
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense ‘mumble or babble’): of unknown origin. |