| 单词 | palter |
| 释义 | palter (once / 19966 pages) v To palter is to beat around the bush by speaking or writing in an unclear way. People palter to confuse others. Palter is an unusual word for a common thing: speaking or writing in a way that bamboozles others. Politicians are paltering experts: they palter when they leave out important information or use euphemisms to confuse voters. Paltering can be vague, distracting, or misleading. People palter when they have something to hide or just don't want to discuss. Paltering isn't outright lying, but it's close. The opposite of paltering is being straightforward, clear, and honest. WORD FAMILYpalter: paltered, paltering, palters+/paltering: palterings USAGE EXAMPLESTheir research found that people doing the misleading think paltering is better than committing an outright lie. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Paltering is common in negotiations and in politics. Time(Dec 19, 2016) He began his profitable paltering with America’s past with “Killing Lincoln.” Washington Post(Nov 10, 2015) v be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information Syn|Hyper beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversate misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to |
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