资料来源 : pyDict

放弃信仰,脱党,变节

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Apostatize \A*pos"ta*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Apostatized};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Apostatizing}.] [LL. apostatizare.]
   To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to
   forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or
   the party to which one has previously adhered.

         He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to
         believing in ?emblances.                 --Carlyle.

资料来源 : WordNet®

apostatize
     v : abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: {apostatise}, {tergiversate}]