- 1叛徒；變節者
A renegade is someone who leaves their own side — in a war, in , in a group — and joins the other side. The word carries a sour feeling: the speaker thinks this person has broken faith, not just changed their mind. Newspapers use it for fighters who switch armies, and also, more loosely, for anyone who breaks away from their party, church, or team. People sometimes use it with a hint of admiration for someone who will not follow the crowd, but the older, heavier sense is “someone who turned against the side they came from.” It is mainly a noun; you can also meet it as a describing word (a renegade soldier).
From the word’s history
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, from renegō 'to deny'.
借自西班牙文 renegado，來自拉丁文 renegō「否認」。
組成From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, the form of renegō meaning “to deny.”
同家族的字
- renegesame Latin idea of denying; renege is about breaking a promise, not switching sides
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
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renegadenoun/ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/
- 1
An outlaw or rebel.
- 2
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
renegadeverb/ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/
- 1
datedTo desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
- The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
renegadeadj/ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/
- 1
Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
- 2
Unconventional, unorthodox.
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