| 单词 | evasive answer |
| 释义 | evasive answer (once / 21297 pages) n WORD FAMILY evasive answer: evasive answers USAGE EXAMPLESWith evasive answers, shady characters and FBI investigations, there must be something going on. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) The slicker repeatedly asks the squatter for information, help and/or refreshment—and gets nothing but evasive answers. Slate(Jun 15, 2016) In an evasive answer, he said that he might have. The Guardian(May 28, 2016) n (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint Hyper answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims |
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