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betray

🇬🇧 UK/bi'trei/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To be disloyal to someone by handing them to an enemy or revealing their secrets; to unintentionally reveal something.

出卖,背叛;无意中暴露

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
bemake, cause, thoroughly
+
traypull, drag, draw
=betray

Common Collocations

  • 1.betray a secret泄露秘密
  • 2.betray one's trust背叛信任

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He betrayed his friend's trust by revealing the secret.

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