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单词 betray
释义 be·tray
\bə̇.ˈtrā, bē.-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English betrayen, from be- + trayen to betray, from Old French traïr, from Latin tradere to betray, deliver — more at traitor
transitive verb
1. : mislead: as
 a. : to lead astray (as into error, sin, or danger)
  < a peaceful man betrayed by anger into violence >
  < their heroes are still victims betrayed by circumstances into criminal follies that lead to disasters — Malcolm Cowley >
 b. : to lead astray and abandon (a girl or woman) : seduce
  < a girl betrayed in her teens by a much older man >
2. : to deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud in violation of trust
 < betray a citadel by opening its gates in the night to enemy forces >
3. : to prove faithless or treacherous to : fail or desert especially in time of need
 < betray his own people by going over to the enemy >
 < use the poor as a stepping-stone to power, and then to betray them — Encounter >
4. : reveal: as
 a. : reveal unintentionally (as something more prudently concealed) : disclose
  < even his best writings betray a limited imagination and a sour view of life >
 b. : to show or indicate (as something not obvious on the surface)
  < only a tension of mouth muscles betrayed his uneasiness >
  < his best columns betray … the philosophical bent of his mind — John Mason Brown >
 c. : to disclose in violation of confidence
  < betray government secrets >
intransitive verb
: to prove false
 < when lovely woman stoops to folly and finds too late that men betray — Oliver Goldsmith >
Synonyms: see deceive, reveal
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