betray
gb/bɪtɹˈeɪ/ us/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
B1
إنجليزي
~ 4700
المعاني
0 معنى
فعل
B1
action
1
Be disloyal to someone
To hurt someone who trusts you by not being loyal or by helping their enemy.
نمط الاستخدام:
to betray [someone/something]
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes confuse 'betray' with 'deceive'. 'Betray' usually involves breaking trust, while 'deceive' means to make someone believe something untrue.
مرادفات
deceive (Implies misleading someone, but not always involving disloyalty to a trust.)
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double-cross (Informal; stresses cheating someone after pretending to be loyal.)
أضداد
support (Means to help or stand by someone, the opposite of acting against them.)
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stand by (Means to remain loyal to someone in difficulty.)
تراكيب شائعة
betray a friend
|betray a trust
|betray one's country
|betray a confidence
مواضيع
relationships
|emotions
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- She betrayed her best friend by sharing his secret.
- The spy betrayed his country for money.
- I can't believe you would betray me after all we've been through.
- He felt betrayed when she sided with his rival.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- He betrayed his friend to the police.
- She betrayed me when she told my secret.
- The soldier betrayed his country.
- I will never betray you.
فعل
B2
action
2
Reveal unintentionally
To show a feeling or fact without meaning to.
نمط الاستخدام:
to betray [emotion/feature]
غلطة شائعة:
Learners may think 'betray' here always means 'to be disloyal', but in this sense it means to accidentally show something hidden.
مرادفات
reveal (General term for making something known, intentionally or not.)
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give away (Informal; implies exposing something secret or hidden.)
أضداد
conceal (Means to hide something so it is not seen or known.)
تراكيب شائعة
betray nervousness
|betray ignorance
|betray one's feelings
مواضيع
communication
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- Her trembling hands betrayed her fear.
- His voice betrayed his nervousness during the interview.
- The look on his face betrayed his disappointment.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
- Her eyes betrayed her sadness.
- His smile betrayed his true feelings.
- The shaking of his hands betrayed his fear.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
betray
IPA
GB/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
US/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
المقاطع والنبر
be - tray (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tray)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
- Base: betray
- 3rd Person Singular: betrays
- Present Participle: betraying
- Past: betrayed
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
betrays
verb
betraying
verb
betrayed
verb
Core family
betrayal
noun B2
Related words
betrayer
noun
تعبيرات
betray a confidence
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ ə kˈɑnfədəns/
fixed phrase
Reveal private information
To tell someone a secret that was told to you in private.
أمثلة
- She betrayed a confidence by telling the press about their conversation.
- I would never betray a confidence, no matter what.
betray someone's trust
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ sˈʌmwˌʌnz tɹˈʌst/
fixed phrase
Break someone's confidence
To do something that makes someone stop trusting you.
أمثلة
- He betrayed my trust when he lied about the money.
- You should never betray a child's trust.