英语单词

betray是什么意思

betray

英 [bɪ'treɪ] 美 [bɪ'tre]
  • vt. 背叛;出卖;泄露(秘密);露出…迹象

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

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.

双语例句


1. Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
我实在告诉你们,你们中间有一个人要卖我了。

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2. She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news.
她闭紧双唇,仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。

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3. 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。

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4. Although I didn't betray a trust, I feel I behaved shabbily.
尽管我没有辜负别人的托付,却感到自己行为龌龊.

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5. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

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