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单词 time-servingness
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ˈtime-ˌservingness
ˈtime-ˌservingness n. depreciative (now rare) tendency towards time-serving behaviour; behaviour of this kind.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming
time servicea1555
temporizing1590
time-serving1608
temporizement1647
trimming1696
time-servingness1742
temporization1761
tide-serving1819
mongrelism1831
mugwumpism1886
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 8 [To] ascribe it chiefly to Ignorance, although I think Time-servingness and Malice hath the greatest Share.
1812 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley (1858) II. 196 The address..so barefaced a piece of time-servingness.
1911 ‘J. E. Buckrose’ Love in Little Town xii. 201 ‘Oh, the wicked time-servingness of man!’ said Mrs. Wallerby, pale with anger.
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