商务英语：今日热词——背叛者
这位教授有关教育的新主张激怒了他往日的同事，他们认为他是个可耻的背叛者。
今日单词：
| 单词 | apostate |
| 中文释义 |
1.背叛者（名词） 2.变节的（形容词） |
| 英文释义 |
1. (noun) A disloyal person who has betrayed or abandoned his religious or political beliefs; someone who changes sides. 2. (adjective) Describing people, actions, or ideas that betray previously honored beliefs. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: 1.The professor's new opinions regarding education angered his traditional colleagues who considered him to be a vile apostate. 这位教授有关教育的新主张激怒了他往日的同事，他们认为他是个可耻的背叛者。 2.Trying to keep their power, the apostate committee members now vigorously defend the brutal policies they previously attacked. 为了保住权力，这些变节的委员们现在积极捍卫他们从前攻击过的残忍政策。 |
| 短语 |
ripe old age |
| 中文释义 |
高龄（非正式） |
| 英文释义 |
(INFORMAL) Quite old. (NOTE: always used in a positive way expressing admiration) |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Even at the ripe old age of ninety, my grandfather enjoys cultivating his garden every morning. 即使在90岁的高龄，我的祖父还每天照看他的花园。 |
