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单词 tergiversation
释义
tergiversation
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WORD FAMILY
tergiversation: tergiversations+/tergiversate: tergiversates, tergiversation
USAGE EXAMPLES
There is a kind of dark comedy to be found in these constant tergiversations, although the subject matter is far from humorous.
Forbes(Dec 18, 2012)
This kind of emotional tergiversation is pretty close to how I imagine life in a girl band.
The Guardian(Aug 06, 2012)
Sign it if you like; but sign it quickly; for this night brings all tergiversation to an end.
James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III)—A Tale(2012)
1
n falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
Syn|Hyper
equivocation
falsification, misrepresentation
a willful perversion of facts
2
n the act of abandoning a party for cause
Syn|Hyper
apostasy
abandonment, desertion, forsaking
the act of giving something up
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