vt.背叛；出卖；泄露；显露
He betrayed his country. 他背叛了他的国家。
He promised never to betray the organization. 他发誓永不背叛组织。
He was seduced to betray his friend. 他受唆使而出卖朋友。
As long as you don't betray me, I'll do whatever you ask me to. 只要你不出卖我,要我做什么我都愿意。
It's illegal to betray government secrets. 泄露政府秘密是犯法的。
His accent betrayed the fact that he was foreign. 他的口音显露出他是外国人。
The smoke from cooking betrayed the presence of the enemy. 炊烟暴露了敌人的存在。
betray源于traitor,基本意思是“背叛,出卖”,通常指主动的、有意识的; betray也作“泄露,流露”解,一般是无意识的。
betray常与介词to连用,表示“将…出卖〔泄露〕给…”。
betray后有时接介词into,动词宾语为人,介词宾语为事物,表示“诱入”,且常用于被动结构。
