prevaricate about sth 回避某事真相
prevaricate on issues 在问题上含糊其辞
political prevarication 政治上的搪塞
prevaricating answer 含糊的回答
avoid prevarication 避免含糊其辞
habitual prevarication 习惯性搪塞
1. He tends to prevaricate when asked about his plans.
当被问及计划时，他往往含糊其辞。
2. The manager prevaricated instead of giving a clear answer.
经理没有给出明确回答，而是闪烁其词。
3. Stop prevaricating and tell me the truth.
别再支支吾吾了，告诉我真相。
4. She prevaricated during the interview to avoid sensitive topics.
她在采访中回避敏感话题，含糊应对。
A: Don't prevaricate—did you finish the report?
A：别含糊其辞——你完成报告了吗？
B: I was just about to explain, yes, it's done.
B：我正准备解释，是的，已经完成了。
1) 故意回避问题或事实真相
2) 用含糊语言拖延或搪塞回答
3) 在正式场合避免直接表态
4) 通过转移话题逃避责任
1. 故意含糊其辞，避免直接回答问题或表明立场。
e.g. He prevaricated when asked about the budget.
他在被问到预算时含糊其辞。
2. 在谈话中回避真相或关键细节。
e.g. Politicians sometimes prevaricate to avoid controversy.
政治人物有时会回避争议问题。
3. 用模糊或拖延方式回应问题。
e.g. She prevaricated instead of giving a clear answer.
她没有给出明确回答，而是闪烁其词。
verb
1. To avoid giving a direct answer or statement, especially by being deliberately unclear or evasive.
Synonym: equivocate, evade, hedge