Prevaricate
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 支吾其词, 说谎
- ［英］ v. 支吾其词, 说谎 ( to deviate from the truth; equivocate)
- ［记］ pre ( 预先) +varic ( =vary变化) +ate -> 预先想好变化之词 -> 支吾, 说谎
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
intransitive verb (-cated; -cating)
- Etymology: Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari to act in collusion, literally, to straddle, from prae- + varicare to straddle, from varus bowlegged
- Date: circa 1631
- to deviate from the truth ; equivocate
- Synonyms: see lie
- ? prevarication noun
- ? prevaricator noun
