單詞
tergiversate
英 ['t??d??v?,se?t; -'v??se?t]
基本信息
- vi. 背叛；搪塞
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?tergiversates;過(guò)去式:?tergiversated;過(guò)去分詞:?tergiversated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?tergiversating;名詞:?tergiversation;
中文詞源
tergiversate 支吾，回避事實(shí)
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tergiversari,背向，逃避，來(lái)自 tergum,背，來(lái)自 PIE*dhregh,跑，詞源同 truck,-vers, 轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同 versus.引申詞義支吾，逃避，回避事實(shí)等。
英文詞源
- tergiversate (v.)
- 1650s, back-formation from tergiversation, or else from Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari "be evasive," literally "to turn one's back." Related: Tergiversated; tergiversating.
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