英语词汇“betray”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

betraybetray /bɪˈtreɪ/ ●●○ verb (betrays, betrayed, betraying) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYbetray

Origin: 1200-1300 tray to betray (13-16 centuries), from Latin tradere hand over, deliver, betray

VERB TABLE

betray

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	betray
	he, she, it	betrays
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	betrayed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have betrayed
	he, she, it	has betrayed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had betrayed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will betray
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have betrayed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am betraying
	he, she, it	is betraying
	you, we, they	are betraying
Past	I, he, she, it	was betraying
	you, we, they	were betraying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been betraying
	he, she, it	has been betraying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been betraying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be betraying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been betraying

COLLOCATIONS► betrayed ... trust

I trusted you with my money, and you betrayed that trust.

► betray a confidence/secret

(=tell a secret that someone trusted you not to tell)

1to be disloyal to someone who trusts you so that you upset or hurt him or her: Conservatives felt betrayed by the president’s actions. I trusted you with my money, and you betrayed that trust.betray a confidence/secret (=tell a secret that someone trusted you not to tell)2to be disloyal to your country, especially by giving secret information to its enemies: He was willing to betray his country for money.3[not in progressive or passive] to reveal the truth or reveal somebody’s true feelings, especially when somebody is trying to hide this SYN reveal: If he felt any sadness, his voice didn’t betray it. His comments betrayed a deep ignorance of German history.4betray your beliefs/principles/ideals etc. to stop supporting your old beliefs and principles, especially in order to get power or avoid trouble [Origin: 1200–1300 tray to betray (13–16 centuries), from Latin tradere hand over, deliver, betray]—betrayer noun [countable]