go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract
背信,违约,食言
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the government had reneged on its election promises .政府已经违背了竞选诺言。
another term for
同<Bold>REVOKE</Bold> (义项2)。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 拒绝,放弃
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we fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites .我们为斯图亚特王室而战,而他们却在我们反对威廉支持者时抛弃了我们。
"mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘desert (especially a faith or a person)’): from medieval Latin