Betray

[bɪ'treɪ] or [bɪ'tre]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) reveal unintentionally; 'Her smile betrayed her true feelings'.

(verb.) deliver to an enemy by treachery; 'Judas sold Jesus'; 'The spy betrayed his country'.

艾格尼丝編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.

(v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.

(v. t.) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

(v. t.) To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

(v. t.) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

(v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

(v. t.) To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

編輯:诺拉

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Deliver up (by breach of trust), give up treacherously.[2]. Violate the confidence of, disclose the secrets of, deceive by treachery.[3]. Discover, divulge, reveal, tell, blab, show, make known.[4]. Mislead, lure, insnare, entrap, inveigle.

整理:奥蒂斯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Deceive, delude, dupe, circumvent, ensnare, dishonor, manifest, indicate,reveal

ANT:Protect, preserve, guard, conserve, foster, cherish, fence, conceal, cover,suppress

埃尔默編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to give up treacherously: to disclose in breach of trust: to let go basely or weakly: to deceive the innocent and trustful to seduce: to discover or show: to show signs of.—ns. Betray′al act of betraying; Betray′er a traitor the seducer of a trustful girl.

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