名詞 apostate:

1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
   同義詞：deserter, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter

形容詞 apostate:

1. not faithful to religion or party or cause

1. Extremes meet. the most furious anarchist become the most barefaced apostate.
   兩極相通。最激烈的無(wú)政府主義者，居然成了最露骨的變節(jié)者。

a.pos.tate

n.（名詞）
One who practices apostasy.
背教者，變節(jié)者，脫黨者，背信者

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Late Latin apostata
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) apostata
from Greek apostatôs
源自 希臘語(yǔ) apostatôs
from aphistanai [to revolt] * see apostasy
源自 aphistanai [反叛] *參見 apostasy

【引伸】
apos.tate.
adj.（形容詞）