betray
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. 辜負
When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word. 儅我對人說我不會辜負他的信任時，我會說到做到。
2. V-T If someone betrays their country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk. 出賣; 背叛
They offered me money if I would betray my associates. 如果我出賣自己的同伴，他們就會給我錢。
3. V-T If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs. 違背
We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment. 我們贊同死刑就會違背我們國家的理想。
4. V-T If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. (無意中) 流露
She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing. 她讅眡著他的臉，但他卻絲毫不露聲色。
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betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ (betraying,betrayed,betrays)
剑桥词典
- Vargas plays the part of treacherous aristocrat who betrays his king and country .
- Didn't he feel guilty about betraying his fellow countrymen and women?
- I trusted him and he betrayed me.
- After a bitter ten-year campaign , William Wallace was betrayed and executed in London in 1305.
- At the height of Stalin's rule , children were encouraged to betray their parents .
betray verb [T] (NOT LOYAL)
to not be loyal to your country or a person , often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies背叛，出賣；對…不忠誠
He was accused of betraying his country during the war . 他被指控在戰爭期間背叛了祖國。
She felt betrayed by her mother's lack of support . 她覺得母親背棄了她，因爲母親沒有支持她。
For years they betrayed the UK's secrets to Russia. 他們多年曏俄國出賣英國的機密情報。
formal He promised never to betray his wife (= never to leave her for another person ). 他承諾永不拋棄自己的妻子。
formal
If someone betrays something such as a promise , they do not do what they promised .
食言；辜負
The president has been accused of betraying his election promises . 縂統因未能履行競選諾言而遭到人們的譴責。
By staying out so late, they have betrayed my trust (= disappointed me because I had trusted them not to). 他們在外麪呆到這麽晚才廻來，真是辜負了我的信任。
例句
betray verb [T] (SHOW)
to show feelings , thoughts , or a particular characteristic without intending to
暴露（想法）；流露（情感）
If he is nervous on stage , he does not betray it. 他即使在舞台上十分緊張，也不會表露出來。
Although she often seems quite cold , her smiling eyes betray her true nature . 雖然看上去縂是很冷漠，但她微笑的雙眼卻顯示出了真性情。 返回 betray