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renege

/ri-nig, -neg, -neeg/US // rɪˈnɪg, -ˈnɛg, -ˈnig //UK // (rɪˈniːɡ, -ˈneɪɡ) //

反悔,反悔了,食言,违约

Related Words

default违约,默认的,违约金,默认reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒welsh威尔士,威尔士语,威尔士人,威尔士的cop out逃避责任,逃避,抄走了,抄袭weasel out缩头乌龟,缩手缩脚,缩手缩脚的,缩减

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·neged, re·neg·ing.

    • : Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
    • : to go back on one's word: He has reneged on his promise.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·neged, re·neg·ing.

    • : Archaic. to deny; disown; renounce.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Cards. an act or instance of reneging.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgo back on one's word
Synonyms
default违约,默认的,违约金,默认reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒welsh威尔士,威尔士语,威尔士人,威尔士的break one's promisecop out逃避责任,逃避,抄走了,抄袭weasel out缩头乌龟,缩手缩脚,缩手缩脚的,缩减

Examples

  • Dubowitz, however, says he is concerned Moscow could renege on its promise not to sell Iran the S-300.

  • Will Syria collapse or Egypt renege on the Camp David Accords?

  • Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger convinced Reagan to renege on his support for these cuts, so they never happened.

  • I treated them two or three times and never once did they renege.

  • The manager was afraid that I would renege on my contract after all the free advertising, but he didn't know me.

  • It occurred to him that he could agree now to join forces with Charles, then go back to Gobignon and renege on his promise.

  • "You've never seen the day when you wanted to renege, Upton, and you know it," he hit back.

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