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Defection 英 Dɪ'Fekʃn] 美 Dɪ'Fekʃn N.背叛;脱党;离会 Game Cooperation Result

英语单词 defection
英美音标 英 [dɪ'fekʃn] 美 [dɪ'fekʃn]
中文释义 n.背叛;脱党;离会
英语例句 (1) In the game, cooperation and defection result in differing payoffs depending on what the other participants do.
(2) The defection of a large number of back-benchers brought down the last government.
中文例句 (1) 在游戏中,合作和背叛所得到的后果将根据其他参与者的作为而定。
(2) 大量的不居要职的普通议员脱党,造成前任政府的垮台。
vocabulary简明 Is your team so bad you have begun supporting a rival team? Then you're guilty of defection — the act of shifting your support to a new cause.
vocabulary扩展 Most people won't thank you for your defection. No matter how much you might believe in the new sports team, or political party, or whatever, defection is generally used as a critical term. Defection implies a lack of character — as you can tell by looking at its Latin roots, which come from the word defectionum, meaning "desertion, revolt, failure." Clearly, no one likes a defector.

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