vt.背叛；出賣；泄露；顯露

He betrayed his country. 他背叛了他的國家。

He promised never to betray the organization. 他發(fā)誓永不背叛組織。

He was seduced to betray his friend. 他受唆使而出賣朋友。

As long as you don't betray me, I'll do whatever you ask me to. 只要你不出賣我,要我做什么我都愿意。

A friend does not betray confidences. 朋友是不會泄露秘密的

It's illegal to betray government secrets. 泄露政府秘密是犯法的。

His accent betrayed the fact that he was foreign. 他的口音顯露出他是外國人。

betray源于traitor,基本意思是“背叛,出賣”,通常指主動的、有意識的; betray也作“泄露,流露”解,一般是無意識的。

betray常與介詞to連用,表示“將…出賣〔泄露〕給…”。

betray后有時(shí)接介詞into,動詞賓語為人,介詞賓語為事物,表示“誘入”,且常用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。