renege

renege
[rɪˈneɪg, rɪˈniːg]
(亦作 renegue)
verb
  1. [no obj.]go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract
    背信，违约，食言
    the government had reneged on its election promises.
    政府已经违背了竞选诺言。
    ■another term for revoke (in sense 2)
    同 revoke（义项2）
    ■[with obj.](archaic)renounce or abandon (someone or something)
    (古)拒绝，放弃
    we fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites.
    我们为斯图亚特王室而战，而他们却在我们反对威廉支持者时抛弃了我们。
派生
reneger
noun
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'desert (especially a faith or a person)’'): from medieval Latin renegare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + negare 'deny'
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