prevarication

参见：prévarication

英语[编辑]

源自盎格鲁-诺曼语 prevaricassion、中古法语 prevarication和其来源，拉丁语 praevāricātiō (“与对手串通；偏离正轨；欺瞒”)，源自praevāricor的词干。

prevarication (可数和不可数，复数 prevarications)

(现罕用) 偏离正轨
近义词： transgression、perversion
搪塞，遮掩
近义词： deceit、evasiveness

Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
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- Template:RQ:Cowper Retirement
- Template:RQ:Eliot Silas Marner
- 2012 10月 6, “Charlemagne: Mysterious Mariano”, 出自 The Economist‎^[1]:
  Mr Rajoy frustrates many with his prevarication over a fresh euro-zone bail-out, which now comes with a conditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to help bring down Spain’s stifling borrowing costs.
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（秘密的）滥用公职
(法律，历史，古罗马) （被告人和线人的）串通，勾结
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- 1628, Robert Le Grys, Argenis, translationJohn Barclay所著的原著:
  If it shall appeare, that they haue forfeited their Faith, or wronged their Client by preuarication.
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prevarication f (复数 prevarications)