betrays

英 [bɪˈtreɪz]

美 [bɪˈtreɪz]

v.  出卖; 泄露(机密); 辜负; 对…不忠; 背叛(原则或信仰)
betray的第三人称单数

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

• In providing them information, he often without doubt betrays secrets.
  他经常泄露机密，这无疑是给他们通风报信。
• In the oft-recounted tale, a despot betrays his closest ally to grab power and establish a new dynasty.
  在这个人们耳熟能详的故事里，一个君主背叛了他最亲密的盟友来掌权，并建立了一个新的朝代。
• I don't hope that he betrays me, because I like him!
  我不希望他背叛我，因为我喜欢他！
• Perhaps nothing so soon betrays the education and association as the modes of speech.
  也许谈吐最能说明一个人的教育水平和交际面了。
• 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。
• He speaks in a disordered manner, which betrays his shallowness and ignorance.
  这个人谈话颠三倒四，看得出他知识谫陋。
• But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man!
  但卖人子的人有祸了！
• 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。
• The smoke betrays where the dwelling lies.
  炊烟起处有人家。
• 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。