单词prevarication
n.: 推诿搪塞；〔律〕避免正面回答
网络: 支吾；支吾，说谎；支支吾吾
〔律〕避免正面回答,推委,遁词
推诿搪塞
n.evasivenessevasionequivocationavoidancehedging
Not really. To embroil the war with the settlement of such intractable disputes is to give an excuse for prevarication.
这不尽然，卷入一场解决此类棘手争议的战争将给巴基斯坦提供推诿的借口。
Faced with accusations of prevarication, the White House said there would be no "dramatic" troop reduction.
面对着在有关问题上闪烁其词的指控，白宫不得不说没有大规模裁军的计划。
But prevarication is no longer good enough. In the coming months, Europe may be forced to decide.
但回避和搪塞已不再合适。未来几个月，欧洲或许将被迫作出决定。
Prevarication is one of the techniques the businessman prefers to employ.
搪塞是这个商人喜欢使用的技巧之一。
They were invited to Einstein"s home for dinner, and prevarication, long black hair and brown eyes, small pay Einstein became friends.
他们被邀请来爱因斯坦家里吃饭，并和羞答答、长着黑头发和棕色眼睛的小爱因斯坦交成了好朋友。
After three days of prevarication, Chubu Electric, the plant"s operator, reluctantly agreed to a shutdown.
三天的搪塞之后，日本中部电力公司，滨冈核电站的所有者，勉强答应了关闭核电站的要求。
Once things to be caught unprepared on the imminent, they will find an excuse prevarication everywhere perfunctory.
可一旦事到临头就措手不及，他们就到处找借口推诿敷衍。
As for Iran"s nuclear programme, the president"s outstretched hand has been greeted with more prevarication in Tehran.
至于伊朗的核计划，奥巴马伸出的手只是换来德黑兰更多的搪塞。
The problem lies not just in Mr Obama"s long prevarication but in his presentation of the outcome.
问题不仅在于奥巴马旷日持久的搪塞之辞，还（而）在于他对后果的表达方式。
Prevarication makes matters worse. The euro zone"s actions have been hesitant and haphazard.
然而像这样的搪塞令情况变得更糟，欧元区部门的行动犹豫不决且毫无条理。