| 单词 | traitor |
| 释义 | traitor (once / 359 pages) n A traitor says one thing but does another. If you promise a friend you'll keep his secret, but instead you blab it to everyone, you're a traitor. The word origin says it all: traditorem is the Latin word for "betrayer." Liar? Yes. Backstabber? Yes. True friend? Heavens, no. Traitors betray the trust of those who have faith in them or believe their promises. Traitor also applies to a person who betrays his country by committing treason: turning against his own government, perhaps by selling secret information. WORD FAMILYtraitor: traitorous, traitors+/traitorous: traitorously, traitorousness USAGE EXAMPLESBut despite his spokesman's earlier denunciation of Stepanova as a traitor, he also acknowledged there was a problem. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) If you call them traitors and saboteurs, you might as well call the Founding Fathers that as well. Salon(Dec 16, 2016) His sumptuously written new book, “Judas,” humanely probes the role of the traitor as well as Israeli politics and history. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1n a person who says one thing and does another Syn|Hypo|Hyper betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer Judas someone who betrays under the guise of friendship beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true 2n someone who betrays his country by committing treason Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper treasonist Benedict Arnold United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) collaborationist, collaborator, quisling someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force fifth columnist, saboteura member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader traitressfemale traitor criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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