make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate 推诿;支吾,搪塞 the more she tergiversated, the greater grew the ardency of the reporters for an interview. 她越推诿,记者们就越热切地想要采访她。
change one's loyalties; be apostate 改变主张,转变立场;变节,背叛
派生 tergiversation noun tergiversator noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin tergiversat- 'with one's back turned', from the verb tergiversari, from tergum 'back' + vertere 'to turn'