tergiversation

英 [ˌtɜː.dʒɪ.vəˈseɪ.ʃən]      美 [ˌtɜ˞ː.dʒɪ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən]
  • n. 背叛;变节;推脱
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1. tergi- + vers- + -ation.
2. 字面含义:turn one's back, turn one's back on sth.
tergiversation (n.)
turning dishonestly from a straightforward action or statement; shifting, shuffling, equivocation, 1560s, from Latin tergiversationem (nominative tergiversatio) "a shifting, evasion, declining, refusing," from past participle stem of tergiversari "turn one's back on, evade," from tergum "the back" (of unknown origin) + versare "to spin, turn" (see versus).

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