turncoat

英 [ˈtɜːnkəʊt] 美 [ˈtɜːrnkoʊt]

n.  叛徒; 变节者; 叛逆

复数:turncoats

GRE法律

BNC.43285 / COCA.27617



牛津词典

noun

  1. 叛徒;变节者;叛逆
    a person who leaves one political party, religious group, etc. to join one that has very different views

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-COUNT 叛徒;变节者
      If you describe someone as a turncoat, you think they are disloyal or deceitful, because they have left their party or organization and joined an opposing one.
      1. His one-time admirers now accuse him of being a turncoat.
        曾经一度仰慕他的人如今指责他是叛徒。

    双语例句

    1. His one-time admirers now accuse him of being a turncoat.
      曾经一度仰慕他的人如今指责他是叛徒。
    2. Some of the workers began to see him as a turncoat.
      有些工人开始认为他是一个叛徒。
    3. Both suggest that co-operation can be sustained when a short-run game is repeated over and over again, even when the short-run game offers strong temptations to the turncoat.
      上述两种方法都表明,当一个短游戏不断重复的时候,合作是可以持续的,就算这个短游戏能为背叛者提供强大的诱惑。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

        Synonym:    deserterapostaterenegaderecreantratter