tergiversation

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tergiversation词义

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n. 背叛；变节；推脱

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动词: tergiversate;


tergiversation英文词源

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tergiversation (n.)
turning dishonestly from a straightforward action or statement; shifting, shuffling, equivocation, 1560s, from Latin tergiversationem (nominative tergiversatio) "a shifting, evasion, declining, refusing," from past participle stem of tergiversari "turn one's back on, evade," from tergum "the back" (of unknown origin) + versare "to spin, turn" (see versus).