defection

英 [dɪˈfɛkʃən]

美 [dɪˈfɛkʃən]

n.  （对国家、事业等的）背叛

复数：defections　

TOEFL法律

BNC.15083 / COCA.13837

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'diːfekt/. The verb is pronounced /dɪ'fekt/. 名词读作 /'diːfekt/。动词读作 /dɪ'fekt/。


• N-COUNT 缺点;缺陷;毛病;瑕疵
  Adefectis a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
  1. He was born with a hearing defect.
     他患有先天性听力缺损。
  2. ...a defect in the aircraft caused the crash...
     飞机的一个缺陷导致了这起坠毁事故。
  3. A report has pointed out the defects of the present system.
     一份报告指出了当前体制存在的毛病。
• VERB 叛逃;背叛;变节;倒戈
  If youdefect, you leave your country, political party, or other group, and join an opposing country, party, or group.
  1. He tried to defect to the West last year...
     去年他试图叛逃到西方。
  2. He defected from the party in the late 1970s.
     他在20世纪70年代后期叛出了该党。
  3. ...a KGB officer who defected in 1963.
     1963年叛变的一名克格勃官员

英英释义

noun

• withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
  1. his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
  Synonym:desertionabandonment
• the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
  Synonym:apostasyrenunciation

双语例句

• He denounced the defection as a stab in the back.
  他谴责这次背叛是背后捅刀子。
• In the early stages of the investigation, we made a complete reexamination of the circumstances of Philby's defection.
  在调查初期，我们对菲尔本叛逃时的环境重新进行了全面的审查。
• The Devil's defection from the ranks of the angels and Adam and Eve's choosing to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
  魔鬼对天使等级的背叛；二、亚当和夏娃在伊甸园里选择吃禁果。
• The mobile agent defects the intrusion through various defection techniques.
  移动代理采用各种入侵检测技术实现具体检测功能。
• It was he who first fingered Philby in the USA after defection of Burgess and maclean.
  正是他在伯吉斯和麦克莱恩叛逃之后，首先在美国指出了菲尔比。
• But his defection came amid further signs of intensifying instability in Syria.
  但在他倒戈之际，有进一步迹象显示，叙利亚的不稳定正在加剧。
• A group of military students planned a mass defection, they were all slaughtered.
  一群军校学生谋划了一场叛变，但失败被杀。
• Had it not been for the defection of leamas.
  如果不是利马斯的叛逃。
• His defection from the party dim his political career.
  他的叛党使得他政治前途黯淡。
• Zero: There was a defection in September 1960* do you remember it?
  1960年9月的叛逃事件，还记得吗？