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prevaricator

/pri-var-i-key-ter/US // prɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪ tər //

推诿者,推诿的人,推诿扯皮者,推诿责任者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who speaks falsely; liar.
    • : a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.

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Examples

  • The praise of his friends round the Oxford tea-tables turned him into a consistent prevaricator.

  • "It's—it's ripped: torn across the skirt," floundered the Little Red Doctor, who is a weak, unreliable prevaricator at best.

  • Mr. Rabbit, you are all these—a lazy, shiftless sneak, thief and prevaricator.'

  • John tried to buy off the opposition with promises, but no one would trust the champion prevaricator of the age.

  • He will surely be heard from again some day, as he has the elements that go to make up a successful prevaricator.