betrayal
/bɪˈtreɪəl/ (bre, ipa) · /bɪˈtreɪəl/ (ame, ipa) · /bi-ˈtrā(-ə)l bē-/ (ame, mw)
betrayal — 名詞
- betrayalsingular
- betrayalsplural
1. a situation in which someone who trusted you acts against you, or the act of bei
背叛；出賣
辜負他人信任的行為
a situation in which someone who trusted you acts against you, or the act of being disloyal to a person, group, or ideal that had faith in you — for example, a friend who shares your secret, a business partner who steals from the company, or a politician who goes against their party's principles.
Amir felt a deep sense of betrayal when his cousin shared family secrets online.
Amir 發現表弟在網路上公開家族秘密時，感到深深的背叛。
sense of betrayal
The newspaper's betrayal of its main source led to a lawsuit and public anger.
該報社出賣主要消息來源的行為引發了官司和公憤。
betrayal of
For Kavya, learning that her assistant had lied about the budget felt like a personal betrayal.
對 Kavya 來說，得知助理在預算上說謊，感覺像是一場私人的背叛。
Ricardo called his brother's decision a betrayal of everything their parents stood for.
Ricardo 稱哥哥的決定是對父母畢生信念的一種背叛。
The betrayal hurt most because the person involved had been Jack's closest friend since childhood.
之所以最痛，是因為做出背叛行為的人是 Jack 從童年就最要好的朋友。
- treachery
stronger, often used for serious disloyalty involving danger to others, especially in political or military contexts
- disloyalty
broader and less emotional than 'betrayal'; can describe a general lack of loyalty without a single dramatic act
- deception
focuses on the act of making someone believe something false, not necessarily on broken trust or disloyalty
- loyalty
the quality of being faithful and committed to someone or something
- faithfulness
steadfast loyalty, especially in personal relationships
文法句型
betrayal + of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Can be either countable (a specific act: 'a betrayal of trust') or uncountable (the abstract feeling or concept: 'a sense of betrayal'). The possessive structure 'someone's betrayal' can mean either the betrayal the person committed or the betrayal the person suffered — context determines the meaning.