n.支吾；推诿；搪塞；说谎，欺骗
I said it was prevarication, chief engineer for the mission. 有人搪塞我说，总工程师出差去了。
All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by evasion and prevarication. 我就这个问题质问权威的一切努力均被回避和搪塞。
