[bɪ'treɪ][bɪ'treɪ]
  • vt. 背叛;出卖;泄露;显露
  • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    谐音:必捶(他),所以引申为词义:背叛;泄露(秘密)
    词根词缀法
    词源词根法:【结构分析】betray=be(前缀)+tray(交出)→出卖、背叛→暴露=【词源解释】tray←拉丁语tradere(交出、移交)=【同源词】traitor(叛徒、卖国贼、背信弃义者)
      verb(动词)
      1. 背叛,出卖;对…不忠诚
      2. 食言;辜负
      3. 暴露(想法);流露(情感)

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 背叛,出卖;对…不忠诚

      He was accused of betraying his country during the war.

      他被指控在战争期间背叛了祖国。

      She felt betrayed by her mother's lack of support.

      她觉得母亲背弃了她,因为母亲没有支持她。

      For years they betrayed the UK's secrets to Russia.

      他们多年向俄国出卖英国的机密情报。

      He promised never to betray his wife (= never to leave her for another person).

      他承诺永不抛弃自己的妻子。

    2. 食言;辜负

      The president has been accused of betraying his election promises.

      总统因未能履行竞选诺言而遭到人们的谴责。

      By staying out so late, they have betrayed my trust (= disappointed me because I had trusted them not to).

      他们在外面呆到这么晚才回来,真是辜负了我的信任。

    3. 暴露(想法);流露(情感)

      If he is nervous on stage, he does not betray it.

      他即使在舞台上十分紧张,也不会表露出来。

      Although she often seems quite cold, her smiling eyes betray her true nature.

      虽然看上去总是很冷漠,但她微笑的双眼却显示出了真性情。

    小知识

    When you betray someone or something, you provide information whether you mean to do it or not, like the loud growling of your stomach that betrays your hunger or the secret you tell about your friend that betrays her trust.

    When you betray someone or something, you reveal something, like a secret or your true feelings. You may betray your impatience, for example, if you sit at your desk tapping your fingers. There is another meaning of betray that is just the opposite: lie. You betray your friend if you pretend that something is true just to trick him into doing what you want. In this case, betray means the same thing as deceive.

    实用短语

    1. betray sb

      背叛某人

    2. betray you

      翻脸不认人

    3. betray oneself

      原形毕露,无意中露出本性,暴露本来面目,露原形

    4. to betray the soul

      出卖灵魂

    5. a friend who won't betray

      一个不会背叛的朋友,做一个不会背叛的朋友

    6. betray in antara

      叛变安塔拉

    7. betray a secret

      泄露秘密

    8. betray y

      背叛,暴露,辜负,出卖

    9. betray one's country

      背叛祖国

    常用短语

    1. betray oneself

      原形毕露

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    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。
    单词解说
    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。
    betray常与介词to连用,表示“将…出卖(泄露〕给…”。
    重要短语
    betray oneself原形毕露

    同义词

    vt.误导;欺骗

    mislead  /  deceive  /  trick

    其他释义

    divulge  /  delude  /  trick  /  deceive  /  inform  /  mislead

    反义词

    同根词

    词根:betray

    n.

    betrayal背叛;辜负;暴露

    betrayer叛徒;背信者;告密者