vi. 含糊其词, 马虎处理, 讨价还价, 敷衍了事

[ verb ]
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
<verb.communication> beat around the bush equivocate prevaricate tergiversate

Palter \Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paltered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Paltering}.] [See {Paltry}.]
1. To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.

2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to
equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter. --Shak.

Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power. --Tennyson.

3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]


Palter \Pal"ter\, v. t.
To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on
worthless things. [Obs.] ``Palter out your time in the penal
statutes.'' --Beau. & Fl.