隨著教育的發展,GRE考試與時俱進發生了變革,推出了新GRE考試。改革之后的新GRE考試對GRE詞匯量的考察雖有所下降,但是并不意味著對GRE新詞的考察難度降低了,事實上增加了對GRE詞匯的考察難度,所以考生們一定不能放松對GRE詞匯的復習,需要掌握更多的GRE詞匯量。以下是小編為大家整理的有關prevaricate的考法及近義詞和反義詞的整理。
prevaricate: 支吾其詞; to deviate from the truth: equivocate
1) to lie or deviate from the truth
2) to speak equivocally or evasively, i.e., to lie
Syn: deceive, equivocate, misrepresent, lie, perjure
prevaricate : deceive
prevaricate : truth
prevaricate : deceit
prevaricate : dishonesty
1. Rather than admit that he had overslept again, the employee prevaricated and claimed that heavy traffic had prevented him from arriving at work ontime.
2. Do not prevaricate about who did what or why; simply tell me how the vase got broken.
The mayor's desperate attempt to prevaricate about the scandal was transparent to the voters.
His mother knew no one else could have done it, but the child foolishly prevaricated about the stain on the rug.
prevaricate : deceive = exhortation : encourage
prevaricate : deceive = filibuster : delay :: blandishment : coax
equivocate : clarity = prevaricate : truth
prevaricate : deceit = filibuster : delay
equivocate/palter/falter/prevaricate 含糊其辭,說模棱兩的話
參加過新GRE考試的同學會親身體會到GRE詞匯考察的下降并沒有是GRE考試變得簡單,甚至加大了GRE詞匯量,因為新GRE詞匯改變了對學生考察的側重點,更加注重對實際語言能力的考察。
本文總結了新GRE詞匯中高頻了出現的一些詞匯,單詞是GRE考試的基礎,所以考生們一定要多背誦GRE詞匯,擴充自己的GRE詞匯量,打好基礎才是GRE考試中獲得成功的關鍵。
n. 欺騙,詭計,不誠實