tergiversate

单词tergiversate

基本解释

v.: 支吾；改变立场；背叛；变节
网络: 言词自相矛盾；推托；摆荡

权威解释

• （说话）含糊其词，支吾，回避事实:

  to make statements that deliberately hide the truth or that avoid answering a question directly

• 改变立场；背叛；变节:

  to stop being loyal to one person, group, or religion and begin to support another

英汉解释

• (以言词)支吾,搪塞,有意改变或曲解词义

• 变节,背叛

词性分析

• 第三人称单数：tergiversates

• 现在分词：tergiversating

• 过去分词：tergiversated

例句

• "Tergiversate" is Word of The Year 2011 according to Dictionary. com.

  “摇摆不定”当选为“字典网”的2011年度热词。