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- a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation拒绝屈从权威或遵守规则的人, 反抗者。
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- chiefly historical a person who refused to attend services of the Church of England〈主史〉拒绝参加英国国教礼拜仪式者。
- of or denoting a recusant不屈从权威的; 不遵守规则的。
派生词
recusance
nounrecusancy
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin recusant- 'refusing', from the verb recusare （see RECUSE）.