palter
palter 英 ['pɔ:ltə] 美 [ˈpɔltɚ]
vi. 含糊其词；马虎处理；敷衍了事；讨价还价
进行时:paltering 过去式:paltered 过去分词:paltered 第三人称单数:palters
- To palter is to beat around the bush by speaking or writing in an unclear way. People palter to confuse others.
- 请先登录
- vi. 含糊其词；马虎处理；敷衍了事；讨价还价
-
1. He should not palter with the truth.
他对事实不应说得模棱两可。
-
2. Don't palter with this question, answer it properly.
不要马马虎虎地对待这个问题，好好回答。
-
3. Husband ask me the feeling everywhere how, see he is gutty and excited and complacent look, I cannot bear stroke his meaning, palter ground says to still make do with.
老公一遍遍地问我感觉怎样，看他有种兴奋而得意的样子，我不忍拂他的意，含糊其词地说还凑合吧。
- 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.
- 请先登录
0 个回复