tergiversation
n . 搪塞,背叛,变节
搪塞,背叛,变节
tergiversation n 1 :
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [
synonym :
{
equivocation }, {
tergiversation }]
2 :
the act of abandoning a party for cause [
synonym : {
apostasy },
{
tergiversation }]
Tergiversation \
Ter `
gi *
ver *
sa "
tion \,
n . [
L .
tergiversario :
cf .
F .
tergiversation .]
1 .
The act of tergiversating ;
a shifting ;
shift ;
subterfuge ;
evasion .
[
1913 Webster ]
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences ,
as being freer from passions and tergiversations . --
Abp .
Bramhall .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Fickleness of conduct ;
inconstancy ;
change .
[
1913 Webster ]
The colonel ,
after all his tergiversations ,
lost his life in the king '
s service . --
Clarendon .
[
1913 Webster ]
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tergiversation ":
about -
face ,
amphibology ,
apostasy ,
denial ,
desertion ,
disavowal ,
double entendre ,
double meaning ,
equivocality ,
equivocation ,
equivoque ,
falseness ,
forswearing ,
recreancy ,
renunciation ,
repudiation ,
reversal ,
reverse
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