[VERB 动词]失信于;辜负 If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
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When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word...
如果我告诉某人我不会辜负他的信任,我就会恪守诺言。
The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes.
总统背叛了他们,违背了不加税的诺言。
betrayer
She was her friend and now calls her a betrayer.
她曾经是她的朋友,现在却叫她叛徒。
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[VERB 动词]背叛;出卖 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.
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They offered me money if I would betray my associates...
他们提出来只要我供出同伙就给我钱。
The group were informers, and they betrayed the plan to the Germans.
这帮人是告密者,他们把计划泄露给了德国人。
betrayer
'Traitor!' she screamed. 'Betrayer of England!'
“叛徒!”她尖叫道。“英格兰的叛徒!”
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[VERB 动词]违背,背弃(理想或原则) If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs.
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We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
如果我们支持死刑,那就背弃了我们立国的理念。
betrayer
Babearth regarded the middle classes as the betrayers of the Revolution.
巴博施把中产阶级看作是革命的叛徒。
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[VERB 动词]流露出;暴露出 If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to.
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She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing...
她仔细端详了一番他的脸,但什么也没有看出来。
He nodded his head instead of saying anything where his voice might betray him.
他一言不发,只是点头,因为一开口可能会露出破绽。
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be·tray/bɪˈtreɪ; NAmEbɪˈtreɪ/verb1to give information about sb/sth to an enemy 出卖;泄露(机密)betraysb/sth ◆He was offered money to betray his colleagues.有人收买他出卖他的同事。betraysb/sth to sb ◆For years they had been betraying state secrets to Russia.他们多年来一直向俄罗斯泄露国家机密。2betraysb/sth to hurt sb who trusts you, especially by not being loyal or faithful to them 辜负;对…不忠◆She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.她发现他的真实情况时,感到受了欺骗。◆She betrayed his trustover and over again. 她一次又一次地辜负了他的信任。◆I have never known her to betray a confidence(= tell other people sth that should be kept secret).我从未听说过她泄露秘密。☞synonyms at
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3betraysth to ignore your principles or beliefs in order to achieve sth or gain an advantage for yourself 背叛(原则或信仰)◆He has been accused of betraying his former socialist ideals.有人指责他背弃了他先前的社会主义理想。4to tell sb or make them aware of a piece of information, a feeling, etc, usually without meaning to (无意中)泄露信息,流露情感SYN
give away
betraysth ◆His voice betrayed the worry he was trying to hide.他的声音掩盖不了内心的担忧。betrayyourself ◆She was terrified of saying something that would make her betray herself (= show her feelings or who she was).她害怕说话时泄了自己的底。betraybetraysbetrayedbetrayingbe·tray/bɪˈtreɪ; NAmEbɪˈtreɪ/
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betraybe‧tray /bɪˈtreɪ/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1friends to be disloyal to someone who trusts you, so that they are harmed or upset: He felt that she had betrayed him.betray somebody to somebody What kind of man would betray his own sister to the police? She had betrayed her parents' trust. I would never betray a confidence (=tell a secret that someone has trusted me with).2country to be disloyal to your country, company etc, for example by giving secret information to its enemies: people who betray their country for money3emotions to show feelings that you are trying to hideSYN give away: His voice betrayed his nervousness. His face betrayed nothing (=showed no emotion).4truth to show that something is true or exists, especially when it is not easily noticedSYN give away: The slightest sound might betray his presence. The crumpled sheets betrayed the fact that someone had been sleeping there.5betray your beliefs/principles/ideals etc to stop supporting your old beliefs and principles, especially in order to get power or avoid trouble—betrayer noun [countable]
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