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单词 tergiversation
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tergiversation
Short-term tergiversations were in part cyclical, related as they were to the seasonal character of longdistance commerce, land-based and maritime alike.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I wonder what happened to account for one of the most bare-faced tergiversations, if that is not mixing my metaphors, in parliamentary history.
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Hansard archive
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Despite all the tergiversations and excuses, the system is unsatisfactory.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Let us, out of charity, pass the sponge over their former tergiversations.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One smiles like an accomplice in their doubts, slippings and tergiversations.
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Wikipedia
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Despised by all for his tergiversations, he nevertheless was sought by all on account of his cleverness.
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They might come into new talks, but they are masters oftergiversation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I can only describe the speech as being circumlocutory, peripatetic, and a gross piece oftergiversation.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I was in no way implying that his very vigorous and clear speech this afternoon represented anytergiversationon his part.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is thistergiversationin order?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Now she has performed a completetergiversation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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