prevaricate

1. V-I If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision. 支吾; 搪塞; 推諉; 閃爍其詞

She saw no reason to prevaricate. 她認(rèn)爲(wèi)沒有必要閃爍其詞。

2. prevaricationN-UNCOUNT

After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made. 政治決定在爲(wèi)期數(shù)月的推諉之後終於出臺了。