tergiversation
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ˌtɜː.dʒɪ.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us/ˌtɜ˞ː.dʒɪ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/theactof makingstatementsthat are different from each other, so that they cannot both betrue:
(陈述、表态等)相互抵触,搪塞His tergiversationssuggestaminduncomfortablewith either aWesternor anEasternidentity.他相互抵触的言论表明他对西方或东方的身份都感觉不舒服。
thefactof not beingloyalto someone or something
转变立场;变节,背叛Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- counter-argue
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the same breathidiom
- oxymoronic
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- unadmitted
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