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单词 tergiversation
释义
tergiversation
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌtɜː.dʒɪ.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌtɜ˞ː.dʒɪ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/
theactof makingstatementsthat are different from each other, so that they cannot both betrue:
（陈述、表态等）相互抵触，搪塞
His tergiversationssuggestaminduncomfortablewith either aWesternor anEasternidentity.他相互抵触的言论表明他对西方或东方的身份都感觉不舒服。
thefactof not beingloyalto someone or something
转变立场；变节，背叛
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  • burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
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  • counter-argue
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  • fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
  • in the same breathidiom
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  • rebuttal
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  • refutation
  • self-contradictory
  • speak
  • standsomethingonitsheadidiom
  • unadmitted
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Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
(Definition oftergiversationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftergiversation

tergiversation
Short-term tergiversations were in part cyclical, related as they were to the seasonal character of longdistance commerce, land-based and maritime alike.
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I wonder what happened to account for one of the most bare-faced tergiversations, if that is not mixing my metaphors, in parliamentary history.
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Hansard archive
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Despite all the tergiversations and excuses, the system is unsatisfactory.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Let us, out of charity, pass the sponge over their former tergiversations.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One smiles like an accomplice in their doubts, slippings and tergiversations.
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Despised by all for his tergiversations, he nevertheless was sought by all on account of his cleverness.
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They might come into new talks, but they are masters oftergiversation.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I can only describe the speech as being circumlocutory, peripatetic, and a gross piece oftergiversation.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I was in no way implying that his very vigorous and clear speech this afternoon represented anytergiversationon his part.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is thistergiversationin order?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Now she has performed a completetergiversation.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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