prevarication
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英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自盎格魯-諾曼語 prevaricassion、中古法語 prevarication和其来源,拉丁語 praevāricātiō (“与对手串通;偏离正轨;欺瞒”),源自praevāricor的词干。
发音
[编辑]名词
[编辑]prevarication (可數和不可數,複數 prevarications)
- (現罕用) 偏离正轨
- 近義詞:transgression, perversion
- 搪塞,遮掩
- 近義詞:deceit, evasiveness
- Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
- (請為本使用例添加中文翻譯)
- (秘密的)滥用公职
- (法律,歷史,古羅馬) (被告人和线人的)串通,勾结
- (法律) 本詞語需要翻譯為漢語。請協助添加,並移除
{{rfdef}}模板。- 1628, Robert Le Grys, Argenis, translation of original by John Barclay:
- If it shall appeare, that they haue forfeited their Faith, or wronged their Client by preuarication.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
参考资料
[编辑]- “prevarication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
相关词汇
[编辑]参见
[编辑]延伸阅读
[编辑]中古法语
[编辑]名词
[编辑]prevarication 陰 (複數 prevarications)
派生語彙
[编辑]- → 英語:prevarication
- 法語:prévarication