| 单词 | tergiversate |
| 释义 | tergiversate —tergiversation, n. —tergiversator, tergiversant /terr'ji verr"seuhnt/, n. —tergiversatory /terr'ji verr"seuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /terr"ji veuhr sayt'/, v.i. , tergiversated, tergiversating. 1. to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate. 2. to turn renegade. [1645-55; < L tergiversatus (ptp. of tergiversari to turn one's back), equiv. to tergi- (comb. form of tergum back) + versatus, ptp. of versare, freq. of vertere to turn; see -ATE1] |
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