tergiversate
英 [ˈtɜ:dʒɪvəseɪt]
美 [tərˈdʒɪvərseɪt]
- vi. 背叛；搪塞
中文词源
tergiversate 支吾，回避事实
来自拉丁语 tergiversari,背向，逃避，来自 tergum,背，来自 PIE*dhregh,跑，词源同 truck,-vers, 转，词源同 versus.引申词义支吾，逃避，回避事实等。
英语词源
- tergiversate (v.)
- 1650s, back-formation from tergiversation, or else from Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari "be evasive," literally "to turn one's back." Related: Tergiversated; tergiversating.