betray
叛变,出卖,背叛,叛离
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- : to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- : to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling: to betray a trust.
- : to disappoint the hopes or expectations of; be disloyal to: to betray one's friends.
- : to reveal or disclose in violation of confidence: to betray a secret.
- : to reveal unconsciously: Her nervousness betrays her insecurity.
- : to show or exhibit; reveal; disclose: an unfeeling remark that betrays his lack of concern.
- : to deceive, misguide, or corrupt: a young lawyer betrayed by political ambitions into irreparable folly.
- : to seduce and desert.
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Examples
I can’t stress this too much — rapid-fire squeaks will betray you.
Zurek has brainstormed ways that even these pipsqueaks could betray their presence by influencing the behavior of groups of particles.
I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked and underpaid.
We’re calling on journalists to stop circulating sexist labels that betray women’s skills, insights, & lived experiences as leaders.
In the new version, Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent, betrayed by her childhood love and wonderfully, campily bitter about it, fixates on his daughter Aurora.
His eyes betray his fear for his daughter and so does his voice.
ISIS abducts boys, breaks them down, forces them to betray their families, then hopes to recruit them into its ranks.
Jones said that as far as he can tell, the article did not betray any secrets.
Three times,” he says angrily, “thou shalt betray me ere the cock crows.
The very source of his tremendous talent and athleticism seemed to betray him.
Any exaggeration into which a feeling of indignation happens to betray the accuser is instantly pounced upon.
Even the stern, inflexible commander turned to hide an emotion he would have blushed to betray.