palter
英 ['pɔːltə; 'pɒl-]
美
- vi. 含糊其词；马虎处理；敷衍了事；讨价还价
词态变化
第三人称单数: palters;过去式: paltered;过去分词: paltered;现在分词: paltering;
英文词源
- palter (v.)
- 1530s, "speak indistinctly," of unknown origin. It has the form of a frequentative, but no verb palt is known. Connection with paltry is uncertain. Hence "play fast and loose" (c. 1600). Related: Paltered; paltering; palterer.
双语例句
- 1. Do not palter with a problem involving life and death.
- 有关生死的问题切勿儿戏.
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- 2. Please answer my questions quickly and properly, not palter with them.
- 请马上准备回答我的问题, 不要含糊其辞.
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- 3. You should not palter with the truth.
- 你不应该歪曲事实.
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- 4. Don't palter with the truth.
- 不要隐瞒事实.
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- 5. Don't palter with me!
- 不要敷衍我!
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