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搪塞,背叛,变节

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf.
   F. tergiversation.]
   1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
      evasion.

            Writing is to be preferred before verbal
            conferences, as being freer from passions and
            tergiversations.                      --Abp.
                                                  Bramhall.

   2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.

            The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
            life in the king's service.           --Clarendon.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tergiversation
     n 1: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:
          {equivocation}]
     2: the act of abandoning a party or cause [syn: {apostasy}]