apostate
apostate 英 [əˈpɒsteɪt] 美 [əˈpɑsteɪt]
adj. 变节的；脱党的；背教的 n. 脱党者；变节者；叛教者
名词复数:apostates
- An apostate is someone who has deserted his cause.
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- adj. 变节的；脱党的；背教的
- n. 脱党者；变节者；叛教者
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1. But as Kinzer explains, "For most of Turkey's modern history, the Muslim world has seen [the country] as an apostate," having "no religious legitimacy" and acting "as Washington's lackey.
但作者认为“在土耳其的现代历史中，穆斯林世界将那时的土耳其视为一种变节，一点没有宗教气节，完全是美国的走狗。”
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2. They also hated me because I was an apostate, a white southern Protestant who could appeal to the very people they had always taken for granted.
他们恨我，还因为我是一个“放弃信仰者”、一个南方的白人新教教徒，我可能会影响他们自以为一直忠心于他们的选民。
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3. Mormons regard Christian churches as apostate for lacking revelation and an authoritative priesthood, although they are thought to be positive institutions in other respects.
尽管其他人将基督教会视作正面机构，但在摩门教徒看来，他们只是缺乏启示的叛教者和专断的祭司。
- apostate (adj.) "unfaithful to a religious creed or to a principle," late 14c., see apostate (n.).
- apostate (n.) mid-14c., "one who forsakes his religion or faith," from Old French apostat and directly from Late Latin apostata (which form also was used in English), from Greek apostasia, apostasis "defection, desertion, rebellion," from apostanai "to defect," literally "to stand off," from apo "off, away from" (see apo-) + stanai, aorist of histanai "to set, place," literally "cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm."
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