betrays

英 [bɪˈtreɪz]

美 [bɪˈtreɪz]

v.  出卖; 泄露(机密); 辜负; 对…不忠; 背叛(原则或信仰)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 失信于；辜负
  If youbetraysomeone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 背叛；出卖
  If someonebetraystheir country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 违背，背弃（理想或原则）
  If youbetrayan ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs.
  1. 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。
• VERB 流露出；暴露出
  If youbetraya feeling or quality, you show it without intending to.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• This talk betrays a certain cynicism about free trade.
  这番讲话流露出一种对自由贸易不看好的态度。
• Computer-education advocates forsake this optimistic notion for a pessimism that betrays their otherwise cheery outlook.
  而倡导计算机教育的人们就抛弃了这一乐观理念，取而代之的是与他们乐观外表相悖的悲观论调。
• Anyone who betrays his motherland shall inevitably fall into the abyss of eternal sin and shame.
  一切出卖祖国的人都必将堕入永远被人唾骂的罪恶深渊。
• I won` t be the one who betrays my dead king and lets you desecrate his tomb.
  我不会像他们一样背叛死去的国王，任凭你亵渎他的坟墓的。
• But his defence betrays a curious concept of national interest.
  但他的辩护泄露了国家利益的一个奇怪概念。
• When your closest ally betrays you, it is time to reach for your Shakespeare.
  当你最亲密的盟友背叛你时，你就该求助莎士比亚（Shakespeare）了。
• The film is about a spy whose wife betrays him.
  这部电影是关于一个间谍被他妻子出卖的故事。
• If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks you heart, forgive them.
  若有人伤害你，背叛你，令你心碎，请宽恕他们！
• I would think he feels as though his very body betrays him.
  我认为他的感觉就像是他的身体背叛了他。
• It betrays the traditional way of thinking to judge outside by our own standard.
  它打破了我们传统的以自身为标准判断外部世界的思维方式。