palter
英 ['p??lt?; 'p?l-]
美
- vi. 含糊其詞；馬虎處理；敷衍了事；討價還價
GRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?palters;過去式:?paltered;過去分詞:?paltered;現在分詞:?paltering;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Do not palter with a problem involving life and death.
- 有關生死的問題切勿兒戲.
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- 2. Please answer my questions quickly and properly, not palter with them.
- 請馬上準備回答我的問題, 不要含糊其辭.
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- 3. You should not palter with the truth.
- 你不應該歪曲事實.
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- 4. Don't palter with the truth.
- 不要隱瞞事實.
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- 5. Don't palter with me!
- 不要敷衍我!
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