單詞
tergiversation
[,t?d??v?'se??n]
基本信息
- n. 背叛；變節(jié)；推脫
詞態(tài)變化
動詞:?tergiversate;
助記提示
1. tergi- + vers- + -ation.
2. 字面含義：turn one's back, turn one's back on sth.
2. 字面含義：turn one's back, turn one's back on sth.
英文詞源
- 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).
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