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TOEFL BNC: 22985 COCA: 39840

prevaricate

verb
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prevaricate
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
he / she / it prevaricates
/prɪˈværɪkeɪts/
/prɪˈværɪkeɪts/
past simple prevaricated
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪd/
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle prevaricated
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪd/
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form prevaricating
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. (+ speech) to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth支吾搪塞；闪烁其词；吞吞吐吐 synonym beat about the bush
    • Stop prevaricating and come to the point.别吞吞吐吐的，有话快说吧。
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as prevarication and prevaricator), in the sense ‘go astray, transgress’: from Latin praevaricat- ‘walked crookedly, deviated’, from the verb praevaricari, from prae ‘before’ + varicari ‘straddle’.
TOEFL BNC: 22985 COCA: 39840
TOEFL BNC: 22985 COCA: 39840
TOEFL BNC: 22985 COCA: 39840
prevaricate
To delay action, wait or hesitate: delay, wait, hesitate...
Lack of action or activity: inaction, avoidance, standstill...

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