English Dictionary

tergiversation

IPA（発音記号）

/tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal. / The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.

日本語の意味

裏切り、離反、寝返り / 明確な行動や立場を避け、曖昧に振る舞う行為（言い換えれば、言葉のあいまいさや口先だけの対応）

His sudden tergiversation during the campaign shocked both allies and opponents alike.

彼の選挙運動中に起きた突然の離反は、味方も敵も皆を驚かせた。

意味（1）

The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.

They make their outward impudence their mask, as foxes, the better we may not see where they truly tend, nor their true black tergiversation beneath.

意味（2）

The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.

Anyone who desires an hour's amusement may be advised to look up the tergiversations of eminent craniologists in their attempts to prove from brain measurements that women are stupider than men.

tergiversations （ plural ）