| 单词 | betray |
| 释义 | betray (bɪtreɪ ) Word forms: betrays , betraying , betrayed 1. verb If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence, I keep my word. [VERB noun] The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes. [VERB noun] betrayer Word forms: betrayers countable noun She was her friend and now calls her a betrayer. 2. verb 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. They offered me money if I would betray my associates. [VERB noun] The group were informers, and they betrayed the plan to the Germans. [VERB noun + to] betrayer countable noun 'Traitor!' she screamed. 'Betrayer of England!' [+ of] 3. verb If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs. We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment. [VERB noun] betrayer countable noun Babearth regarded the middle classes as the betrayers of the Revolution. Synonyms: traitor, deceiver, informer, renegade 4. verb If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing. [VERB noun] He nodded his head instead of saying anything where his voice might betray him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: give away, tell, show, reveal Quotations: To betray, you must first belong Collocations: betray a country Would you sooner betray your country or your friend? Times, Sunday Times Good luck trying to get them to betray their country for a book deal, they'd rather cut your head off. Times, Sunday Times He 'risked his life to betray his country, and made the world a little safer'. Times, Sunday Times There was a gulf between an approachable and sympathetic contact and a spy prepared to betray his country. Times, Sunday Times Those who vote for him betray their country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Why did he betray his friend? Times, Sunday Times She doesn't like to betray her friend, but in the end reluctantly agrees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These people betrayed their friends, their brothers in arms. Times,Sunday Times My girlfriend says she can't commit because she feels like she'd be betraying her friend. The Sun One fighting for her life, one fighting to keep her family together and one ends up betraying her friend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pursuit of those three extra goals and the subsequent eruption of celebration that followed seemed to betray a hint of insecurity. Times, Sunday Times A glance at the cellos betrayed a hint of boredom. Times, Sunday Times He stretches out his hand, looks you in the eye, betrays a hint of vulnerability and, effortlessly, gets you on his side. Times, Sunday Times Apart from its strong notes of camphor and eucalyptus, rosemary also betrays a hint of pine. Times, Sunday Times Another describes the album as consistently life-affirming until the end and more importantly, without betraying a hint of sentimentality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His favourite restaurants betray his lack of pomposity, his lack of pretension. Times, Sunday Times But the team selections made on the way to the exit didn't betray a lack of commitment. Times, Sunday Times However, the details of the legends betray their lack of truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But most of the batsmen played with an anxiety that betrayed their lack of self-belief. The Sun An over-reliance on modern embellishments to the script betrays a lack of confidence in the material. Times, Sunday Times The book publishes parts of the notes that do not betray confidences. Times, Sunday Times That doesn't mean betraying confidences, or encouraging talks of splits. Times, Sunday Times He accused the writer of betraying confidences. Times, Sunday Times The result was compelling, but she was accused of betraying confidences. Times, Sunday Times And the fans deserve to know too without betraying confidences within the camp. The Sun Sometimes only their eyes betray them. Christianity Today Only his watery, pale-blue eyes betray any trace of fatigue. Times, Sunday Times Looks friendly but those eyes betray a few battles with the postie. The Sun His eyes betray a celebrity squeamishness, a terrible embarrassment at being caught doing this stuff. Times, Sunday Times His face betrays a mixture of terror, exhaustion and joy. The Sun His face betrays his self-betrayal, and he's just going through the motions. Times, Sunday Times As he pours the cache into the bin that he wouldn't be caught dead standing in, his face betrays serious satisfaction. Times, Sunday Times His face betrays just a hint of panic that he might misspeak. Times, Sunday Times Not a muscle in her face betrays the slightest discomposure. Times, Sunday Times I feel betrayed that he would see someone like this so soon after our six-year relationship. Times, Sunday Times She will feel betrayed by the two people she loves the most and should be able to trust the most. The Sun We feel betrayed, humiliated, perhaps blocked from continuing ministry. Christianity Today Solicitors who have lost their contracts feel betrayed. Times, Sunday Times They feel betrayed, lied to, and taken for granted. Christianity Today The trousers now hang on the dwindling thighs, the eyesight fails, even the voice betrays its owner. Times, Sunday Times The voice betrays the adrenalin of combat, but the words are clearly audible over the static. Times, Sunday Times Her voice betrays the decades of chain-smoking. Christianity Today His voice betrays perhaps a tinge of disappointment; he rarely gives interviews and describes being photographed as his 'least favourite thing in the world'. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 背叛 Japanese: 裏切る |
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