betray

英 [bɪ'treɪ] 美 [bɪ'treɪ]

• vt. 背叛；出卖；泄露；显露

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 背叛,出卖

   be disloyal to; give away or make know or sell treacherously

2. vt. 泄露,流露

   allow (a secret) to become known, either by accident or on purpose

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 出卖，叛卖，陷害
2. 背叛，叛变，对…充当叛徒
3. 暴露，显示，表现
4. 密告，泄漏（秘密），不自觉地露出，透露
5. 诱惑，玩弄（女性），诱奸（妇女），哄骗
6. 对…不忠， 辜负，背弃，背信
7. 把…引入歧途
8. 流露情感
9. 证明 ... 错误

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He betrayed his country.
   他背叛了他的国家。
2. He promised never to betray the organization.
   他发誓永不背叛组织。
3. He was seduced to betray his friend.
   他受唆使而出卖朋友。
4. As long as you don't betray me, I'll do whatever you ask me to.
   只要你不出卖我,要我做什么我都愿意。
5. A friend does not betray confidences.
   朋友是不会泄露秘密的
6. It's illegal to betray government secrets.
   泄露政府秘密是犯法的。
7. His accent betrayed the fact that he was foreign.
   他的口音显露出他是外国人。
8. The smoke from cooking betrayed the presence of the enemy.
   炊烟暴露了敌人的存在。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He betrayed his own brother.
   他出卖了他的亲兄弟。
2. He promised never to betray her.
   他发誓永不背叛她。
3. His best friend betrayed him.
   他最好的朋友出卖了他。
4. Her ethics would never allow her to betray a friend.
   她的伦理观不容许她背叛朋友。
5. He had a good disguise, but as soon as he spoke he betrayed himself.
   他伪装得很好,但是他一说话就露了马脚。
6. He betrayed the secret by accident.
   他无意中泄露了秘密。
7. Her pale face betrayed her fear.
   她苍白的脸显露出她的恐惧。
8. His face betrayed his grief.
   他的表情流露出内心的悲伤。
9. His mistakes betrayed his lack of education.
   他的种种错误显示出他缺乏教育。
10. Although she often seems quite cold and harsh, her smiling eyes betray her true nature.
    虽然她表面上显得冷冰冰又很严肃,但她微笑的眼睛却流露出真诚的天性。
11. The house betrays its old age.
    那房子显得很旧了。

S+～+that-clause

1. The mistakes betray that he does not know grammar.
   那些错误表明他不懂语法。

经典引文

• I will never forgive Eleanor. She has betrayed my confidence.

  出自： E. M. Forster

• I had betrayed David, broken my promise.

  出自： R. Macaulay

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

betray by (v.+prep.)

因…而暴露 reveal by
betray sth by sth/v-ing
He betrayed his intension by his behaviour.

他的行为泄露了他的意图。
He betrayed nervousness by stammering.

他说话结结巴巴说明他胆子小。

betray into (v.+prep.)

诱入 tempt (sb) into
betray sb into sth
I was betrayed into folly.

我受蒙骗而做蠢事。
He was once betrayed into error.

他曾受蒙骗而犯过错误。
She was betrayed into a snare.

她被诱入陷阱。

betray to (v.+prep.)

将…出卖〔泄露〕给 sell out (sth) to (sb)
betray sb/sth to sb
He betrayed us to the enemy.

他把我们出卖给敌人。
He betrayed the news to all his friends.

他把这一消息告诉了他所有的朋友。
For years, they betrayed Britain's secrets to Russia.

几年来,他们一直向俄国泄露英国的秘密。
Her trembling hands betrayed her nervousness to him.

她颤抖的双手向他表明了她的紧张不安。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• betray sb's brothers 出卖某人的亲兄弟
• betray sb's character 暴露出某人的品格卑贱
• betray one's country 卖国
• betray a feeling 流露出感情
• betray one's friends 出卖朋友
• betray sb's hiding-place 告发某人的匿藏地
• betray one's ignorance 暴露自己的无知
• betray intension 暴露某人的意图
• betray oneself 暴露真相
• betray a plan 泄露计划
• betray principles 背叛原则
• betray a secret 泄露秘密
• betray sb's true nature 流露出某人的天性
• betray sb's trust 辜负某人的信任

～+副词

• betray soon 很快暴露
• betray bluntly 坦率地流露
• betray deliberately 故意背叛
• betray easily 轻易暴露
• betray emotionally 激动地流露
• betray grossly 完全背叛
• betray heartlessly 残忍地出卖
• betray hideously 丑陋地流露
• betray incautiously 轻易地流露
• betray infrequently 罕见地流露
• betray mentally 出卖灵魂
• betray viciously 恶意地背叛
• betray virtually 真实流露

～+介词

• betray...by sth 通过…而暴露…
• betray by stammering 因结结巴巴地说而暴露了
• betray sb into 把某人出卖给
• betray...to 把…出卖给

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. betray源于traitor,基本意思是“背叛,出卖”,通常指主动的、有意识的; betray也作“泄露,流露”解,一般是无意识的。
2. betray常与介词to连用,表示“将…出卖〔泄露〕给…”。
3. betray后有时接介词into,动词宾语为人,介词宾语为事物,表示“诱入”,且常用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

betray, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal

• 这组词的共同意思是“揭露”“泄露”。其区别是：
• reveal指揭示迄今为止仍在保密状态的东西或启示超乎常人领悟能力的真理; discover指把原来已经存在,但未被发现、看见或理解的事物加以揭露; disclose侧重把事先未宣布或一直保密的事情公之于世; divulge侧重在公开场合不正当或背信弃义的泄露秘密或暴露隐私; betray指背约或辜负别人信任的告密,也指不自觉地泄密; expose揭露的对象一般是丑恶的、见不得人的,也可指把人或物暴露于不利地位。

近反义词

【近义词】

• grass 草
• reveal 显示
• give away 赠送
• give up 放弃
• hand over 交出
• let down 放下
• disclose 揭露
• deceive 欺骗
• leak 渗
• tell 告诉
• let slip 偶然泄露(秘密等)...
• let drop 倒下
• let the cat out of the bag 泄露秘密
• trick 诡计
• mislead 误导
• delude 欺骗
• divulge 泄露
• inform 通知
• dupe 受骗的人
• shit 表示愤怒、厌恶等的感叹词...
• sell 出售
• cheat on 不忠于
• snitch 告密者
• denounce 谴责
• lead astray 引入歧途
• bewray <古> 泄露
• fail 失败
• cuckold 有不贞妻子的男人...
• rat 变节者
• wander 漫步
• stag 只准男子参加的...
• shop 商店
• tell on 影响到 ...
• cheat 欺骗