turncoat [
'tә:nkәut]
n. 背叛者, 变节者
[法] 脱党者, 变节者, 判徒
turncoat[ noun ]
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
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Turncoat \Turn"coat`\, n.
One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an
apostate; a defector to the enemy.
He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession.
--Bunyan.
- The Republicans regard Allison as a turncoat and grumble that he is angling for a senior job such as national-security adviser.
- The country has a $13 billion foreign debt and spends $1 million daily fighting southern rebels led by turncoat army Col. John Garang.
- He was an ancient Egyptian turncoat, backbone of the pharaoh's government one day and strong right arm of the conquering Persians the next.