betray
gb/bɪtɹˈeɪ/ us/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
B1
英语
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动词
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.
用法模式：
to betray [someone/something]
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'betray' with 'deceive'. 'Betray' usually involves breaking trust, while 'deceive' means to make someone believe something untrue.
近义词
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.)
反义词
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.)
搭配
betray a friend
|betray a trust
|betray one's country
|betray a confidence
主题
relationships
|emotions
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
动词
B2
action
2
Reveal unintentionally
To show a feeling or fact without meaning to.
用法模式：
to betray [emotion/feature]
常见错误：
Learners may think 'betray' here always means 'to be disloyal', but in this sense it means to accidentally show something hidden.
近义词
reveal (General term for making something known, intentionally or not.)
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give away (Informal; implies exposing something secret or hidden.)
反义词
conceal (Means to hide something so it is not seen or known.)
搭配
betray nervousness
|betray ignorance
|betray one's feelings
主题
communication
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
例句
- Her trembling hands betrayed her fear.
- His voice betrayed his nervousness during the interview.
- The look on his face betrayed his disappointment.
学习者例句
- Her eyes betrayed her sadness.
- His smile betrayed his true feelings.
- The shaking of his hands betrayed his fear.
语法
词典原形
betray
IPA
GB/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
US/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
音节与重音
be - tray （2 个音节）
Stress on 2nd syllable (tray)
词形变化
Verb
- Base: betray
- 3rd Person Singular: betrays
- Present Participle: betraying
- Past: betrayed
词族
Forms
betrays
verb
betraying
verb
betrayed
verb
Core family
betrayal
noun B2
Related words
betrayer
noun
相关表达
betray a confidence
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ ə kˈɑnfədəns/
fixed phrase
Reveal private information
To tell someone a secret that was told to you in private.
例句
- 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.
例句
- He betrayed my trust when he lied about the money.
- You should never betray a child's trust.