prevaricate

动词 prevaricate:

1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
   同义词：beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter

1. Instead of admit his guilt, he prevaricate.
   他不但不承认，反而支吾其词。
2. Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
   有什麽就原原本本地告诉我们吧，别躲躲闪闪的。

pre.var.i.cate

v.intr.（不及物动词）
pre.var.i.cat.ed,pre.var.i.cat.ing,pre.var.i.cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.See Synonyms at lie 2
支吾，搪塞：不说真话，含糊其词参见 lie2

来源：
Latin praev3ric3ro praev3ric3t-
拉丁语 praev3ric3ro praev3ric3t-
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前缀，表.在…之前.]
v3ric3re [to straddle] from v3ricus [straddling] from v3rus [bent]
v3ric3re [杂乱伸展] 源自 v3ricus [分开的] 源自 v3rus [弯曲的]

【引伸】
prevar.ica.tion
n.（名词）
prevar.ica.tor
n.（名词）