apostasy
apostasy 英 [ə'pɒstəsɪ] 美 [əˈpɑstəsi]
n. 变节；脱党；背教
名词复数:apostasies
- If your lifelong Republican-voting grandfather suddenly decides to register as a Democrat, some of his conservative friends may consider his change in politics to be apostasy, or rejecting what has been a strong belief and adopting a new one.
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- n. 变节；脱党；背教
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1. At its sternest, Islamic law prescribes the death penalty for anybody who commits “apostasy”—or abandons the faith.
最残酷的是，伊斯兰教法规定，对任何“变节者”或背弃信仰的人，都判处死刑。
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2. But many left-wing friends never forgave his apostasy, doubtless reinforcing his inclination to keep the outside world at a safe distance.
但许多左翼的朋友却永远不原谅他的“变节”，这无疑更坚定了他与外界保持一定距离的决心。
- apostasy (n.) late 14c., "renunciation, abandonment or neglect of established religion," from Late Latin apostasia, from later Greek apostasia for earlier apostasis "revolt, defection," literally "a standing off," from apostanai "to stand away" (see apostate (n.)). General (non-religious) sense "abandonment of what one has professed" is attested from 1570s.
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