Dreye權威釋義|prevaricate

vi.

支吾；說謊

衍生

n.

prevaricator

n.

prevarication

辨析

同義參見:

fabricate

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

/prɪˈvarɪkeɪt/

v.

speak or act evasively.

Derivative

prevarication n.
prevaricator n.

Usage

Prevaricate and procrastinate have similar but not identical meanings. Prevaricate means ‘act or speak in an evasive way’, as in he prevaricated at the mention of money. Procrastinate, on the other hand, means ‘put off doing something’, as in the Western powers will procrastinate until it is too late.

Etymology

C16 (earlier (ME) as prevarication and prevaricator), in the sense ‘go astray, transgress’: from L. praevaricat-, praevaricari ‘walk crookedly, deviate’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》