a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles 变节者,叛徒;改变信仰者 ■(archaic)a person who abandons religion; an apostate (古)叛教者;摈弃原有政治信仰者 ■a person who behaves in a rebelliously unconventional manner 叛逆者,反抗传统者
adjective
having treacherously changed allegiance 背叛的,反叛的 a renegade bodyguard. 背叛的保镖。 ■(archaic)having abandoned one's religious beliefs (古)叛教的 a renegade monk. 叛教的僧侣。
verb
[no obj.](archaic)become a renegade (古)背叛,变节;叛教 Johnson had renegaded from the Confederacy. 约翰逊已经背叛了邦联。
语源
late 15th cent.: from Spanish renegado, from medieval Latin renegatus 'renounced', past participle (used as a noun) of renegare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin negare 'deny'