prevaricating

UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/

Übersetzungen

prevaricatingsubstantiv
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
US
/prɪˈværəˌkeɪtɪŋ/
Gerund: the act or practice of prevaricating.
prevaricatinggerundium / partizip präsens
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
Present participle of "prevaricate" functioning adjectivally.
The prevaricating politician avoided giving a direct answer.
Увиливающий политик избегал давать прямой ответ.
prevaricateverb

prevaricating

Gerundium

prevaricated
Präteritum
prevaricated
Partizip Perfekt
prevaricating
Gerundium
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
The politician began to prevaricate when confronted with the scandal.
Политик начал изворачиваться, когда его столкнули со скандалом.
He tends to prevaricate when asked about his past.
Он склонен увиливать, когда его спрашивают о прошлом.
prevaricategerundium / partizip präsens

prevaricating

Used attributively to describe someone or something that is evasive or deceptive.

Definitionen

prevaricatingsubstantiv
The act or practice of prevaricating; evasion or avoidance of the truth.
His constant prevaricating frustrated the investigators.
prevaricatinggerundium / partizip präsens
Tending to avoid the truth or being deliberately ambiguous or misleading.
The prevaricating politician dodged the direct questions during the interview.
prevaricateverb
To speak or act in an evasive way, often to avoid telling the truth or committing oneself.
When asked about his involvement in the project, he began to prevaricate, avoiding a direct answer.
prevaricategerundium / partizip präsens
Evasive or misleading; inclined to prevaricate.
The lawyer grew impatient with the witness's prevaricating answers.