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Prevaricating

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Translation of "prevaricating" into Russian

prevaricate
Verb
prevaricating Gerund
raiting
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/
prevaricate
prevaricates
prevaricated Past Simple / Past Participle
prevaricating Gerund
He tends to prevaricate when asked about his past.
Он склонен увиливать, когда его спрашивают о прошлом.
The politician began to prevaricate when confronted with the scandal.
Политик начал изворачиваться, когда его столкнули со скандалом.
prevaricating
Pres. Participle
raiting
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
prevaricating
Present participle of "prevaricate" functioning adjectivally.
The prevaricating politician avoided giving a direct answer.
Увиливающий политик избегал давать прямой ответ.

Definitions

prevaricating
Noun
raiting
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
The act or practice of prevaricating; evasion or avoidance of the truth.
His constant prevaricating frustrated the investigators.
prevaricate
Verb
raiting
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.
prevaricating
Pres. Participle
raiting
UK
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
US
/prɪˈværɪkeɪtɪŋ/
Tending to avoid the truth or being deliberately ambiguous or misleading.
The prevaricating politician dodged the direct questions during the interview.
prevaricate
Pres. Participle
raiting
Evasive or misleading; inclined to prevaricate.
The lawyer grew impatient with the witness's prevaricating answers.

Idioms and phrases

prevaricate about
He tends to prevaricate about the details of the project.
увиливать от
Он склонен увиливать от подробностей проекта.
prevaricate in response
The politician chose to prevaricate in response to the difficult question.
увиливать в ответе
Политик предпочёл увиливать в ответе на сложный вопрос.
prevaricate on issue
She would often prevaricate on the issue rather than give a clear answer.
увиливать по вопросу
Она часто увиливала по вопросу вместо того, чтобы дать чёткий ответ.
prevaricate with excuses
He would prevaricate with excuses whenever asked about the deadline.
увиливать отговорками
Он увиливал отговорками, когда его спрашивали о сроках.
prevaricate when questioned
They noticed he would prevaricate when questioned about his whereabouts.
увиливать при допросе
Они заметили, что он увиливал при допросе о своём местонахождении.