Around this figure the West, for four decades, prevaricated.

四十年来，西方世界一直对这个家伙采的态度。

Still more are prevaricating, hoping that the authorities will lose interest, this is unlikely.

还有更多的馆长在搪塞，希望土耳其当局会失去兴趣，然而这是不可能的。

He prevaricated for as long as possible, but eventually he requested to see the king on

尽可能地搪塞，但最终要求见见国王。

If you're going to talk about someone lying, you're not going to say prevaricate, you're going to say lie.

如果你要谈论某人说谎，你不会说搪塞，你会说谎。

Even when his conservative patriotism has given way to outrage at the Nazis, his courage falters and he prevaricates over taking a public stand.

即使当的保守爱国主义已位于对纳粹的愤怒时，还是勇气衰弱，在公开场合含糊其辞。

In 2026, caught between the militancy of its supposed allies and the hostility of markets, Jeremy Corbyn's Labour government prevaricated, backtracked, appealed to voters and then finally collapsed.

2026 年，夹在其所谓的盟友的好战心理与市场的敌意之间，杰里米·科尔宾（Jeremy Corbyn）的工党政府左右支绌，出尔反尔，求助于选民，最终崩溃。

Her sister Tyene gave answer. " What he always does, " she purred. " Delay, obscure, prevaricate. Oh, no one does that half so well as our brave uncle" .

特蕾妮接口，" 还不是一如既往呗，" 撅起嘴，" 拖延、犹豫、敷衍。噢，要论无所作为，我们英勇的大伯说是第二，天下没人敢当第一。"

He had slightly surprised himself by the ease with which he had prevaricated; it was clear that he intended to observe the High Lama's suggestion and keep the secret.

轻而易举地搪塞过去，这自己都有些吃惊。很明显，打算听从大喇嘛的建议，保守秘密。

At the moment of her departure he could prevaricate no longer, and, confessing to the gambling, told her the truth as far as he knew it—that the guineas had been won by Wildeve.

在动身的时候，再也不能搪塞下去了，向坦白了赌博的事，把所知道的实情一五一十都告诉了——说那些基尼韦狄给赢了去。