Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense betrays, present participle betraying, past tense, past participle betrayed
1VERB 失信于;辜负 If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. 失信于;辜负
When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
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。
2VERB 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. 背叛;出卖
They offered me money if I would betray my associates. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun + to]
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!”
3VERB 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. 违背,背弃(理想或原则)
We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment. [VERB noun]
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。
4VERB 流露出;暴露出 If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. 流露出;暴露出
She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]