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recreant

音標['rekri?nt] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 膽小的, 怯懦的, 不忠的
n. 膽怯者, 不忠的人, 叛徒, 懦夫

詞型變化:

副詞:recreantly 名詞:recreance 

英文解釋:

名詞 recreant:

  1. an abject coward
    同義詞:poltroon, craven
  2. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
    同義詞:deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, ratter

形容詞 recreant:

  1. having deserted a cause or principle
    同義詞:renegade
  2. lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful- Spenser
    同義詞:craven

例句:

  1. You recreant knave!
    你這個不義之徒!

詳細解釋:


rec.re.ant

adj.(形容詞)
Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause.See Synonyms at faithless
叛逆的:不忠實或不忠誠某種信仰義務或事業參見 faithless
Craven or cowardly.
膽小的,怯懦的
n.(名詞)
A faithless or disloyal person.
變節者:不忠實或不忠誠的人
A coward.
懦夫:膽小鬼

來源:
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French [present participle of] recroire [to remember]
源自 古法文 [] recroire的現在分詞 [記憶]
from Medieval Latin recrôdere [to yield, pledge]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 recrôdere [放棄,發誓]
Latin re- [re-]
拉丁語 re- [前綴re-]
Latin crôdere [to believe] * see kerd-
拉丁語 crôdere [相信] *參見 kerd-

【引伸】
rec.reance 或
rec.reancy
n.(名詞)
rec.reantly
adv.(副詞)

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