miàn duì / jì zhě / de / zhuī wèn / tā / lín shí / biān chū / yī pài huǎng yán / shì tú / yǎn gài / xiàng mù / yán qī / de / zhēn xiàng

面对记者的追问，他临时编出一派谎言，试图掩盖项目延期的真相。

Pressed by reporters, he made up a pack of lies on the spot in an attempt to conceal the truth about the project's delay.