tergiversate
英 ['tɜːdʒɪvə,seɪt; -'vɜːseɪt]
- vi. 背叛；搪塞
英英释义
- 1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- 2. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
中文词源
tergiversate 支吾，回避事实
来自拉丁语 tergiversari,背向，逃避，来自 tergum,背，来自 PIE*dhregh,跑，词源同 truck,-vers, 转，词源同 versus.引申词义支吾，逃避，回避事实等。
英文词源
- 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.
词态变化
第三人称单数: tergiversates;过去式: tergiversated;过去分词: tergiversated;现在分词: tergiversating;名词: tergiversation;