| 英语单词 | treacherous |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['tretʃərəs] 美 ['tretʃərəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.背信弃义的;背叛的;不可靠的;危险的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) You treacherous cur! (2) He is treacherous to his friends. (3) My memory is treacherous. (4) The road becomes treacherous when it is iced up. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 你这个背信弃义的家伙! (2) 他对他的朋友不忠。 (3) 我的记忆靠不住。 (4) 道路结冰以后就很危险了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Treacherous means either not trusted or dangerous. A treacherous road might be icy or otherwise likely to cause a car accident. A treacherous friend will betray you. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Treachery refers to harmful acts you might do to someone who trusts you. It can also refer to being disloyal to your native country, but the word treason is more common in this sense. Treachery is from Middle English trecherie, from Old French, from trichier "to trick or cheat." The English word trick is from trikier, a slightly different spelling that was used in some dialects of Old French. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奸诈的;背信弃义的;不可信任的 If you describe someone as treacherous, you mean that they are likely to betray you and cannot be trusted. [disapproval]
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]危险的;变化无常的 If you say that something is treacherous, you mean that it is very dangerous and unpredictable.
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