betrayer

n.

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1. VERB 失信于;辜负 If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. 
  • When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word...

    如果我告诉某人我不会辜负他的信任,我就会恪守诺言。

  • The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes.

    总统背叛了他们,违背了不加税的诺言。

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  • She was her friend and now calls her a betrayer.

    她曾经是她的朋友,现在却叫她叛徒。

2. VERB 背叛;出卖 If someone betrays their country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk. 
  • 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。

  • The group were informers, and they betrayed the plan to the Germans.

    这帮人是告密者,他们把计划泄露给了德国人。

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  • 'Traitor!' she screamed. 'Betrayer of England!'

    “叛徒!”她尖叫道。“英格兰的叛徒!”

3. VERB 违背,背弃(理想或原则) If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs. 
  • We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.

    如果我们支持死刑,那就背弃了我们立国的理念。

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  • Babearth regarded the middle classes as the betrayers of the Revolution.

    巴博施把中产阶级看作是革命的叛徒。

4. VERB 流露出;暴露出 If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. 
  • She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing...

    她仔细端详了一番他的脸,但什么也没有看出来。

  • He nodded his head instead of saying anything where his voice might betray him.

    他一言不发,只是点头,因为一开口可能会露出破绽。

Noun

1. one who reveals confidential information in return for money

2. a person who says one thing and does another