recreant
英式音标：[ˈrekriənt] 怎么读
美式音标：[ˈrɛkriənt] 怎么读
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recreant概况
n. 懦夫；叛徒
adj. 胆小的；怯懦的；不忠的
recreant词义
adj.
怯懦的；
n.
懦夫；
变形
复数：recreants
英英释义
recreant[ 'rekriənt ]
n.
an abject coward
同义词：poltrooncraven
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
同义词：deserterapostaterenegadeturncoatratter
adj.
having deserted a cause or principle
"some provinces had proved recreant"
同义词：renegade
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
"this recreant knight"
同义词：craven
recreant用法
双语例句
You recreant knave!
你这个不义之徒！
权威例句
Tot recreant l'entorn de la finestraJames Otis: Recreant and Patriot
Betekenis van het landschap voor de recreant
Recreant, patiënt en leerling; de stedeling aan het woord over het Land van Wijk en Wouden
Mobiliteitsplan Veluwe haalt toerist en recreant uit auto.
Recreant, patient and student: the urban dweller talking about the region of 'Land van Wijk en Wouden'.
La Física entra en Acció a Terrassa recreant "Les Esferes de Magdenburg"
Natuurontwikkeling in het Groene Hart; boer of recreant als bondgenoot?
Potts model for exaggeration of a simple rumor transmitted by recreant rumormongers
Bos en natuur; open of gesloten? nader bekeken, vervolgonderzoek over wensen recreant nodig
recreant词源
recreant (adj.)
c. 1300, "confessing oneself to be overcome or vanquished," from Old French recreant "defeated, vanquished, yielding, giving; weak, exhausted; cowardly," present participle adjective from recroire "to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance," literally "believe again;" perhaps on notion of "take back one's pledge, yield one's cause," from re- "again, back" (see re-) + croire "entrust, believe," from Latin credere (see credo).
Non sufficit ... nisi dicat illud verbum odiosum, quod recreantus sit. [Bracton, c. 1260]
Meaning "cowardly" in English is from late 14c. Meaning "unfaithful to duty" is from 1640s.recreant (n.)
"one who yields in combat, one who begs for mercy, one who admits defeat," early 15c., hence "coward, faint-hearted wretch;" from recreant (adj.) and from Old French recreant as a noun, "one who acknowledges defeat, a craven, coward, renegade, traitor, wretch." In English, sense of "apostate, deserter, villain" is from 1560s.
recreant造句
1. He is a recreant knight.
他是个懦弱的骑士。
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2. How can I overcome recreant psychology?
我该如何克服胆小的心理？
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3. Why are some people very recreant can still you like to see horror piece?
为什么有的人很胆小可还是喜欢看恐怖片？
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4. He does not listen unluckily, must oneself go him caries recreant, must make help a person greatly.
他偏偏不听，非要自己去龋自己又胆小，非要叫一大帮人去。
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5. How does ability let him become brave firman bold have self-confidence no longer so cowardly and recreant incapacity?
怎么样才能让自己变得勇敢坚强大胆有自信不再这么懦弱胆小无能?。
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6. Under the light, I could feel my recreant heart being shivering as his voice said: "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies! ""
在光下，我能感觉到我的怯懦的心作为他的声音颤抖的说：“记住，希望是美好的，也许是件最好的东西，而且从没有一样好东西会消逝！”
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7. Under the light, I could feel my recreant heart being shivering as his voice said: "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies! ""
在光下，我能感觉到我的怯懦的心作为他的声音颤抖的说：“记住，希望是美好的，也许是件最好的东西，而且从没有一样好东西会消逝！”
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