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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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