prevaricated

英汉释义

• v.

  1.支吾,搪塞,推诿,撒赖

英英释义

• v.

  1.to avoid saying or doing something because you want to cause a delay or hide the truth

英汉例句

• 1.While Kashmir's Hindu rulers prevaricated, hoping somehow to become an independent country, Pakistan's leaders decided to force the issue.

  当克什米尔的印度教统治者支支吾吾，希望以某种方式将该地区变成一个独立国家时，巴基斯坦的领导人强迫其明确表态。

• 2.So far the government has prevaricated about the need for continued fiscal stimulus.

  截至目前，政府对于持续的财政刺激措施还在采取推诿的态度。

• 3.most people prevaricated for several minutes.

  多数人支吾了一会儿。

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

  四十年以来，西方对于这个人物，一直支支吾吾。