prevarication
noun[ U ]
formaluk /prɪˌvær.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /prɪˌver.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the fact of avoiding telling the truth or saying exactly what you think: 支吾，搪塞，含糊其辞
All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by prevarication.我在这个问题上向当局提出的所有质疑都遭到了推诿。
It was his prevarication that caused him to lose the election. 正是他的推诿导致他在选举中失败。
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The altered plans and prevarication made everyone nervous.
His explanation was awkward but it wasn’t prevarication.
Deceit and prevarication were commonplace.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
f-bomb
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
implicit
mealy-mouthed
obscure
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
unexpressed
unvoiced
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