n.支吾；推諉；搪塞；說謊，欺騙
I said it was prevarication, chief engineer for the mission. 有人搪塞我說，總工程師出差去了。
All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by evasion and prevarication. 我就這個問題質(zhì)問權(quán)威的一切努力均被回避和搪塞。
