| 词汇 | betray |
| 释义 | betray verb[ T ] uk /bɪˈtreɪ/ us /bɪˈtreɪ/ betrayverb[T] (NOT LOYAL)B2 to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies: 背叛，出卖;对…不忠诚 He was accused of betraying his country during the war.他被指控在战争期间背叛了祖国。 She felt betrayed by her mother's lack of support.她觉得母亲背弃了她，因为母亲没有支持她。 For years they betrayed the UK's secrets to Russia.他们多年向俄国出卖英国的机密情报。 formalHe promised never to betray his wife (= never to leave her for another person).他承诺永不抛弃自己的妻子。 formal If someone betrays something such as a promise, they do not do what they promised: 食言;辜负 The president has been accused of betraying his election promises.总统因未能履行竞选诺言而遭到人们的谴责。 betray someone's trustBy staying out so late, they have betrayed my trust (= disappointed me because I had trusted them not to).他们在外面呆到这么晚才回来，真是辜负了我的信任。 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?背叛了自己的同胞，难道他不感到愧疚吗？ 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. Disloyalty, betrayal & treason adulterous backstabber betrayal betrayer break ranksidiom deserter desertion faithless faithlessly faithlessness false fifth column sellout stab someone in the backidiom tergiversation throw someone to the lionsidiom throw someone under the busidiom treasonable unfaithful unfaithfulness You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making & breaking promises & commitments betrayverb[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紧张，也不会表露出来。 Although she often seems quite cold, her smiling eyes betray her true nature.虽然看上去总是很冷漠，但她微笑的双眼却显示出了真性情。 Showing and demonstrating act out attest bespeak breastbeating bring define indicate mark something out masterclass ostensive ostensively outlet point (something/someone) out reflect reveal unproved unproven unveil unwrap vent betray | American Dictionarybetray verb[ T ] us/bɪˈtreɪ/ betrayverb[T] (BE NOT LOYAL)to be not loyal to your country or to someone who believes you are loyal, often by doing something harmful: Some lawmakers say they feel betrayed by the president. betrayverb[T] (SHOW)to show your feelings or thoughts without intending to: She could not help betraying her sympathy for us. Examples of betraybetray A person can affirm the difference principle and yet be disposed to maximizing behavior in market settings without betraying egalitarian commitments. Some patients want the freedoms they previously enjoyed before their bodies began to betray them. A badly conducted strike, extremely acrimonious or negative, even when done for the right reasons may still result in patients feeling betrayed by the profession. The thematic links, however, betray some of the ambitions of anthro-literary writing. Rare edits betray some analog sources, and a little applause and coughing some live performances. Archives are richer in detailing institutional arrangements, but they too betray attitudes. Such an interpretation of the situation pertaining in the territory betrays signs of either fiscal convenience or wilful ignorance. Thus, for example, while my visual perception can betray me, my imaginative consciousness cannot. While central or focal cases may betray no naming difference, borderline cases for natural kinds and colours do. The text betrays horrible over-generalization, incorrect spelling of taxonomic names and factual errors. All too often he betrays his urgent themes in pretentious passages of self-display. You betrayed the trust we placed in you when you came and built your churches, when you started to convert. In this resistance, the latent again betrays the blatant. The basic account of molluscan biology is fair enough but betrays a lack of real understanding of the matter. They report that the civilian population of the annexed province has outrageously betrayed them. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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