defected
past simple and past participle ofdefect
| 单词 | defected |
| 释义 | defected past simple and past participle ofdefect defect verb[I] uk/dɪˈfekt/us/dɪˈfekt/toleaveacountry,politicalparty, etc.,especiallyinordertojoinanopposingone: When thenationalhockeyteamvisitedthe US,halftheplayersdefected. The Britishspy, Kim Philby, defectedtotheSovietUnion/defectedfromBritainin 1963. Compare desertverb Running away and escaping
Examplesofdefecteddefected In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Most disturbing is the finding that once players learn that their opponent has either cooperated ordefected, almost all defect. From theCambridge English Corpus This point represents sequences of three trials in which there were three defections and the same opponentdefectedon each trial. From theCambridge English Corpus It is a particularly powerful barrier to intelligence sharing because of the difficulties inherent in determining ex ante if a partner hasdefected. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, we assign cooperation the same payoff it would receive if everyone alsodefected. From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that voters unhappy with general government performance simplydefectedto the other major party (as predicted by a retrospective voting model). From theCambridge English Corpus In short, junior membersdefectedto help their electoral position. From theCambridge English Corpus Employersdefectedfrom wage moderation agreements. From theCambridge English Corpus When the relatively global histories matched the relatively local set of contingencies (the computer's strategies) subjects cooperated; when the global histories contradicted local contingencies theydefected. From theCambridge English Corpus That may be because perhaps one out of 10 companies in a consortium hasdefectedon the arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he hasdefectedin the past 24 hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He denied and denied that, and it was discovered only after his son-in-law haddefected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have nothing to suggest anything unsavoury about why he should havedefected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I say "former" not because the supporter haddefected, but because he had died five years earlier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He seemed to resent that someone who apparently belonged to one side should havedefectedto the other. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English She hasdefectedall along the line and now she is almost completely out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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