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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