🤥prevaricate

verb
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

意味

to avoid telling the truth by not giving a direct answer

例文

The politician began to prevaricate when asked about the scandal.

表現例

beat around the bush

同義語

equivocate, evade, mislead, hedge, waffle

対義語

confront, clarify, admit

コロケーション

tend to prevaricate, prevaricate deliberately, prevaricate under pressure

関連語彙

to inform or notify someone
to preserve or cherish something as sacred or important
to support or sponsor; to treat someone with apparent kindness that betrays a sense of superiority;...
to flatter or coax someone with kind words or praise in order to influence them
To make someone a victim, often by treating them unfairly or cruelly.
Made or become larger or more extensive.

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