to prevaricate

• 企图把听众提出的问题搪塞过去

  try to sidestep the audience's questions

• 你别给我支吾搪塞。

  Stop giving me excuses!

• 他想用一些空话搪塞过去

  he tried to prevaricate with a few meaningless words

• 怎么也搪塞不过去！

  There's no getting out of it!