tergiversate
- IPA[ˈtərjəvərˌsāt]
美式
- make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate;change one's loyalties; be apostate.
verb: tergiversate, 3rd person present: tergiversates, gerund or present participle: tergiversating, past tense: tergiversated, past participle: tergiversated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate the more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview
- 2. change one's loyalties; be apostate.
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈtəːdʒɪvəˌseɪt]
英式
- make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate: the more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview
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