Prevaricate
[prɪ'værɪkeɪt] or [prɪ'værə'ket]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
(v. i.) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
(v. i.) To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
(v. t.) To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
塞西尔手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, EQUIVOCATE (by loose or indefinite expressions).
詹尼弗編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Shuffle, quibble, equivocate, palter, sophisticate, evade
ANT:Affirm, asseverate, maintain, reiterate
达斯汀錄入
解釋/意思:
v.i. to shift about from side to side to evade the truth: to quibble: (obs.) to undertake a thing with the purpose of defeating or destroying it: (law) to betray a client by collusion with his opponent.—v.t. (obs.) to pervert transgress.—ns. Prēvaricā′tion the act of quibbling to evade the truth; Prēvar′icātor one who prevaricates to evade the truth: a quibbler.
校對:塞尔玛