英语词汇backslider的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

backslider. Someone who converted to a religion or cause when things were going bad and rarely or never practices it again once times have improved is called a backslider. In Night Comes to the Cumberlands (1962), Harry M. Caudell tells of a man reporting on the health of a relative he had taken in: “He’s a lot better than he was. In fact, he’s about well enough to back- slide.” The word, first recorded in the early 16th century, can also mean to relapse into bad habits or undesireable activities.

词汇	backslider
词源	backslider. Someone who converted to a religion or cause when things were going bad and rarely or never practices it again once times have improved is called a backslider. In Night Comes to the Cumberlands (1962), Harry M. Caudell tells of a man reporting on the health of a relative he had taken in: “He’s a lot better than he was. In fact, he’s about well enough to back- slide.” The word, first recorded in the early 16th century, can also mean to relapse into bad habits or undesireable activities.
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