betray
英 [bɪ'treɪ]
美[bɪ'tre]
- vt. 背叛；出卖；泄露（秘密）；露出…迹象
词态变化
第三人称单数: betrays;过去式: betrayed;过去分词: betrayed;现在分词: betraying;
助记提示
1. bet(赌博) + ray(光线) => 聚众赌博为光线，赌注为光线，大家聚众赌博，结果被人告密、出卖。
2. 记忆：谐音：被踹.
3. 【记】be + traitor 成了叛徒；bet + tray 赌博盘子，指为了赌博成了叛徒；bet + try 试图赌博能使人走向背叛，自己的家庭，生活与亲人
2. 记忆：谐音：被踹.
3. 【记】be + traitor 成了叛徒；bet + tray 赌博盘子，指为了赌博成了叛徒；bet + try 试图赌博能使人走向背叛，自己的家庭，生活与亲人
中文词源
betray 背叛
前缀be-, 强调。-tray, 背叛，同traitor, 来自拉丁词tradare, 前缀tra, 转，词根don, 给予。
英英释意
- 1. reveal unintentionally;
- "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
- 2. deliver to an enemy by treachery;
- "Judas sold Jesus"
- "The spy betrayed his country"
- 3. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake;
- "His sense of smell failed him this time"
- "His strength finally failed him"
- "His children failed him in the crisis"
- 4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;
- "She cheats on her husband"
- "Might her husband be wandering?"
- 5. give away information about somebody;
- "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- 6. cause someone to believe an untruth;
- "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
英文词源
- betray
- betray: [13] Betray is an English formation based on the Old French verb traïr ‘betray’, which came from Latin tradere ‘hand over, deliver up’ (originally a compound formed from trans- ‘across’ and dāre ‘give’). The noun formed from tradere was trāditiō, from which English gets, directly, tradition, and indirectly, via Old French and Anglo-Norman, the appropriate treason.
=> tradition, treason - betray (v.)
- late 13c., bitrayen "mislead, deceive, betray," from be- + obsolete Middle English tray, from Old French traine "betrayal, deception, deceit," from trair (Modern French trahir) "betray, deceive," from Latin tradere "hand over," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Related: Betrayed; betraying.
考试真题
- The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding, to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity.
2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- He was offered money to betray his colleagues.
- 有人收买他出卖他的同事。
牛津词典
- She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.
- 她发现他的真实情况后，感到受了欺骗。
牛津词典
- She betrayed his trust over and over again.
- 她一次又一次地辜负了他的信任。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- His voice betrayed the worry he was trying to hide.
- 他的声音掩盖不了内心的担忧。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- For years they had been betraying state secrets to Russia.
- 他们多年来一直在向俄罗斯泄露国家机密。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- To betray a friend is ignoble.
- 背弃朋友是为人所不齿的.
辞典例句
- In order to fortune and fame, some are willing to betray their soul.
- 为了得到名利, 有的人甘愿出卖自己的灵魂.
期刊摘选
- Woe betide you if you betray us.
- 如果你背叛我们,你会得到报应.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The best way to keep frindship is not to betray friends.
- 保持友谊最好的方法是不出卖朋友.
期刊摘选
- He promised never to betray the organization.
- 他发誓永不背叛组织.
《简明英汉词典》
- If Jack was a playboy, he might betray his girl friend.
- 如果杰克是个花花公子的话, 他可能才会背叛他的女朋友.
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- Children are easy to betray because they are so gullible.
- 孩子很容易轻信,因为他们很好骗.
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- Don't betray the people's trust in you.
- 不要辜负人民对你的信任.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The firm are gentle, weak men often betray their hidden savagery.
- 坚定的人是温和的, 脆弱的人常常暴露自己隐藏的野性.
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- Trust thyself another shall not betray thee.
- 只要信托你本身,旁人材不出卖你.
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- I conjure you not to betray me.
- 我恳求你不要背弃我.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
- 他就寻思如何得便,把耶稣交给他们.
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