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单词 prevaricate
释义 prevaricate
 —prevarication,  n.   —prevaricative, prevaricatory /pri var"i keuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/,  adj.  
 /pri var"i kayt'/,  v.i.  , prevaricated, prevaricating.
 to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
 [1575-85; < L praevaricatus, ptp. of praevaricari to straddle something, (of an advocate) collude with an opponent's advocate, equiv. to prae- PRE- + varicare to straddle, deriv. of varus bent outwards, bow-legged]
 Syn. evade, shift.
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