betray: [13] Betray is an English formation based on the Old French verb traïr ‘betray’, which came from Latin tradere ‘hand over, deliver up’ (originally a compound formed from trans- ‘across’ and dāre ‘give’). The noun formed from tradere was trāditiō, from which English gets, directly, tradition, and indirectly, via Old French and Anglo-Norman, the appropriate treason. => tradition, treason
betray (v.)
late 13c., bitrayen "mislead, deceive, betray," from be- + obsolete Middle English tray, from Old French traine "betrayal, deception, deceit," from trair (Modern French trahir) "betray, deceive," from Latin tradere "hand over," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Related: Betrayed; betraying.
双语例句
1. Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
我实在告诉你们，你们中间有一个人要卖我了。
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2. She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news.
她闭紧双唇，仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。
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3. They offered me money if I would betray my associates.
他们提出来只要我供出同伙就给我钱。
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4. Although I didn't betray a trust, I feel I behaved shabbily.
尽管我没有辜负别人的托付,却感到自己行为龌龊.
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5. We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
