Defection is when you leave your own side — your country, your party, your army, your group — and go over to the other side. It is a strong word. It usually means you have changed sides in a serious fight, not that you simply changed jobs.

Defection defection指的是 when you leave your own side你離開自己原本的一邊 your country你的國家 your party你的政黨 your army你的軍隊 your group你的團體 and go over to the other side投向另一邊 It is這 a strong word是個很強烈的詞 It usually means通常表示 you have changed sides in a serious fight你在一場嚴重的鬥爭裡換了邊 not that you simply changed jobs而不是只是換了工作

Newspapers use it for spies, soldiers, and politicians who run to the enemy. In sport writing, people sometimes stretch it for a player who leaves one club for a rival, though that is looser talk.

Newspapers use it for報紙會用這個詞來說 spies間諜 soldiers軍人 and politicians who run to the enemy和跑去敵方的政治人物 In sport writing在體育新聞裡 people sometimes stretch it大家有時候會把這個詞用得更寬鬆 for a player拿來說一個球員 who leaves one club for a rival離開一個球隊、投向對手球隊 though that is looser talk不過那是比較鬆散的說法

The person who does it is a defector; the verb is to defect. People on the side you left may call it betrayal; news writing often stays with defection, which sounds more like a fact than a moral judgement.

The person who does it做這件事的人 is a defector叫defector（叛逃者） the verb is動詞是 to defect（叛逃） People on the side you left你離開的那一邊的人 may call it betrayal可能會說這是背叛 news writing often stays with defection新聞寫作常常還是用defection這個詞 which sounds more like a fact因為聽起來比較像陳述事實 than a moral judgement而不是道德批判