engage in prevarication 含糊其辞
deliberate prevarication 故意回避
political prevarication 政治上的推诿
avoid prevarication 避免含糊其辞
an act of prevarication 推诿行为
1. The manager's prevarication made it difficult to understand the real situation.
经理的含糊其辞让人很难了解真实情况。
2. The student answered the question directly without any prevarication.
这个学生直接回答了问题,没有任何回避。
3. His prevarication delayed the decision-making process.
他的推诿拖延了决策过程。
A: Why didn't he give a clear answer?
A:他为什么没有给出明确的回答?
B: His prevarication made everyone confused.
B:他的含糊其辞让大家感到困惑。
1) 指不直接回答问题,故意绕开重点
2) 指为了避免承担责任而使用模糊表达
3) 常用于描述语言、沟通和行为中的不坦率
1. 故意回避明确回答或事实真相的行为。
e.g. His prevarication prevented us from finding the truth.
他的含糊其辞阻碍了我们找到真相。
2. 通过模糊或欺骗性的表达来逃避问题。
e.g. The report was full of prevarication instead of clear answers.
这份报告充满了推诿,而不是明确的答案。
noun
1. The act of avoiding telling the truth or giving a clear answer by using unclear or misleading statements.
Synonym: evasion, equivocation, avoidance