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Front treason
Pron ['triːzn]
Back 【TREASON】
Helping the enemies of one's country is an apparent treason.
帮助自己国家的敌人是一种明显的叛国行为。
【重点词汇】
treason n. 叛国 adj. treasonous
Vocab
treasona crime that undermines the offender's government

Hacking your brother’s email account and sharing all his secrets with your mom could be considered an act of personal treason, meaning you have betrayed your brother.

The word treason can be traced back to the Latin word traditio(n-), which comes from the verb tradere meaning “to hand over, betray.” If you commit treason, that’s what you do: you betray. The word is typically used to refer to the betrayal of a government or a country, like when a spy shares national secrets with another country, but it can be used to refer to personal betrayals as well.

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