英语词汇“defection”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

defectdefect2 /dɪˈfɛkt/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYdefect²

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin defectus, past participle; ➔ DEFECT¹

VERB TABLE

defect

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	defect
	he, she, it	defects
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	defected
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have defected
	he, she, it	has defected
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had defected
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will defect
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have defected

Continuous Form
Present	I	am defecting
	he, she, it	is defecting
	you, we, they	are defecting
Past	I, he, she, it	was defecting
	you, we, they	were defecting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been defecting
	he, she, it	has been defecting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been defecting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be defecting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been defecting

social studies, politics to leave your own country or a group in order to go to or join an opposing one: defect from/to Baryshnikov defected from the USSR in 1974.—defector noun [countable]—defection /dɪˈfɛkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]