| 词汇 | betraying |
| 释义 | betraying present participle ofbetray 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 indicate mark something out masterclass ostensive ostensively outlet point (something/someone) out reflect reveal trace unproved unproven unveil unwrap vent Examples of betrayingbetraying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The gender performance he plays is intended to beguile his audience into betraying her innermost feelings. One can also sense trepidation in their remonstrations, betraying the conviviality as politeness masking palpable unease. Often these were adapted from stables and outhouses, betraying no outward sign of their purpose. But the tone is at times wistful, betraying a rather naive desire that subcultures like hip-hop would simply go away. This, in turn, would make the scheme equivalent to a two-lives one, thereby betraying the original one-life claim. This radical capacity is exemplified by our being the kind of being that can do immaterial things (meaning, proving, invalidating, promising, betraying) with material things (words, gestures). Studies of the primary data are needed to examine the refuse in terms of interaction data such as dress jewellery betraying costume and animal bones showing feasting behaviour. If we rebel against it, we risk betraying or hurting other people, for our relations to them remain caught in the established scheme of roles and classes. Barnett indicts it for betraying the country's future. While practitioners arguably do not want to be seen to condone violence, they can also be caught up in a sense of betraying confidences if they pass information on. Similarly, we can imagine two people agreeing that something instantiates any non-normative features we like but coherently disagreeing about whether it is welfareenhancing without either betraying any conceptual confusion. The double marginalisation of women, the tragedy of the ageing mask and the ageless self in the betraying body do not materialise, as gerontologists have suggested. Benda accused contemporary writers and intellectuals of betraying their high artistic calling, and the universal values for which they ought to speak, and succumbing to partisanship. Hartmann interjected, betraying more prosaic preoccupations. Frankfurt goes on to draw a general conclusion from this, which is that betraying the thing we love is distinct from failing in a moral duty. 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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