betray
gb/bɪtɹˈeɪ/ us/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
B1
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Глагол
B1
action
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Be disloyal to someone
To hurt someone who trusts you by not being loyal or by helping their enemy.
Модел на употреба:
to betray [someone/something]
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes confuse 'betray' with 'deceive'. 'Betray' usually involves breaking trust, while 'deceive' means to make someone believe something untrue.
Синоними
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.)
Антоними
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.)
Колокации
betray a friend
|betray a trust
|betray one's country
|betray a confidence
Теми
relationships
|emotions
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- 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.
Примери за учащи
- 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.
Глагол
B2
action
2
Reveal unintentionally
To show a feeling or fact without meaning to.
Модел на употреба:
to betray [emotion/feature]
Честа грешка:
Learners may think 'betray' here always means 'to be disloyal', but in this sense it means to accidentally show something hidden.
Синоними
reveal (General term for making something known, intentionally or not.)
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give away (Informal; implies exposing something secret or hidden.)
Антоними
conceal (Means to hide something so it is not seen or known.)
Колокации
betray nervousness
|betray ignorance
|betray one's feelings
Теми
communication
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- Her trembling hands betrayed her fear.
- His voice betrayed his nervousness during the interview.
- The look on his face betrayed his disappointment.
Примери за учащи
- Her eyes betrayed her sadness.
- His smile betrayed his true feelings.
- The shaking of his hands betrayed his fear.
Граматика
Речникова форма
betray
IPA
GB/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
US/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
Срички и ударение
be - tray (2 срички)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tray)
Форми на думата
Verb
- Base: betray
- 3rd Person Singular: betrays
- Present Participle: betraying
- Past: betrayed
Семейство думи
Forms
betrays
verb
betraying
verb
betrayed
verb
Core family
betrayal
noun B2
Related words
betrayer
noun
Изрази
betray a confidence
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ ə kˈɑnfədəns/
fixed phrase
Reveal private information
To tell someone a secret that was told to you in private.
Примери
- 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.
Примери
- He betrayed my trust when he lied about the money.
- You should never betray a child's trust.