| 释义 |
prevaricate/priˈværikeit/v. intr. 1 speak or act evasively or misleadingly 推诿；搪塞 2 quibble, equivocate 支吾；含糊其辞 □ prevarication /-ˈkeiʃ(ə)n/ n.□ prevaricator n.[Latin praevaricari ‘walk crookedly, practise collusion’, in ecclesiastical Latin ‘transgress’ (as PRAE-, varicari ‘straddle’ from varus ‘bent, knock-kneed’)]■ Usage 用法说明 Prevaricate is often confused with procrastinate, which means ‘to defer or put off an action’. Prevaricate 常与表示“拖延，耽搁”的 procrastinate 相混淆。 |