prevaricator

英式音标：[prɪ'værɪˌkeɪtə]

美式音标：[prɪ'værəˌkeɪtə]

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概况：

n. 说话搪塞的人；说话支吾的人

词义：

n.

推诿的人，撒谎的人；

英英释义

prevaricator[ pri'værikeitə ]

n.a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly

同义词：liar

用法：

权威例句

A Master Prevaricator at the Lille Accounts Chamber under Philip the Good: Roland do Bois

The Long Goodbye: Forget Tony Blair or Margaret Thatcher, Says Klaus Larres; Winston Churchill Was the Supreme Prevaricator When It ...

Protean prevaricator

THE ENDA PARADOX ; He's an Embarrassing Uncle, a Prevaricator, a Poor Communicator. but the Taoiseach Is Also a Born Survivor and a ...

Inquiry on Brazil PT's Money Man Calls Him a Fraudster or Prevaricator

A pompous prevaricator has replaced Kerry the man of passion

Really Dumb Lying -- Legacy of Palin the Prevaricator

World-class adventurer, world-class prevaricator

The Great Prevaricator

Kerry the Prevaricator

同根词：prevarication,prevaricate

英语词源：

prevaricator (n.)

c. 1400, from Old French prevaricator and directly from Latin praevaricator "sham accuser; unfaithful advocate," agent noun from past participle stem of praevaricari (see prevaricate).

造句：

1. a picturesque description of life at sea

对海上生活生动的描述

来自《权威词典》

2. You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.

在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. We came to a picturesque cottage.

我们来到一座风景如画的村落.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. That was a picturesque phrase.

那是一个形象化的说法.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.

每个旅馆都有一个别致的名字，如“洋槐树旅馆”、“蓝莓旅馆”。

来自柯林斯例句

[ picturesque 造句 ]