betray
verbto give information about somebody/something to an enemy 出賣；洩露（機密） - betray somebody/something
to hurt somebody who trusts you, especially by lying to or about them or telling their secrets to other people 辜負；對…不忠 She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him. 她發現他的真實情況時，感到受了欺騙。 She betrayed his trust over and over again. 她一次又一次地辜負了他的信任。 I have never known her to betray a confidence (= tell other people something that should be kept secret). 我從未聽說過她洩露秘密。
Synonyms cheatcheat- fool
- deceive
- betray
- take in
- trick
- con
- cheat to make somebody believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them:
She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman. 她被指控企圖蒙騙稅務員。 He cheated his way into the job. 他騙取了這份工作。
- fool to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to laugh at them or to get what you want:
Just don’t be fooled into investing any money with them. 别上當受騙，同他們一起搞什麽投資。
- deceive to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially somebody who trusts you, in order to get what you want:
She deceived him into handing over all his savings. 她把他所有的積蓄都騙走了。
- betray to hurt somebody who trusts you, especially by lying to or about them or telling their secrets to other people:
She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him. 她發現他的真實情況時，感到受了欺騙。
- take somebody in [often passive] to make somebody believe something that is not true, usually in order to get what you want:
I was taken in by her story. 我被她的花言巧語蒙騙了。
- trick to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in a clever way, in order to get what you want.
- con (informal) to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do something for you:
They had been conned out of £100 000. 他們被騙走了 10 萬英鎊。
- Many of these words involve making somebody believe something that is not true, but some of them are more disapproving than others. Deceive is probably the worst because people typically deceive friends, relations and others who know and trust them. People may feel cheated/betrayed by somebody in authority who they trusted to look after their interests. If somebody takes you in, they may do it by acting a part and using words and charm effectively. If somebody cheats/fools/tricks/cons you, they may get something from you and make you feel stupid. However, somebody might fool you just as a joke; and to trick somebody is sometimes seen as a clever thing to do, if the person being tricked is seen as a bad person who deserves it.
- to cheat/fool/trick/con somebody out of something
- to cheat/fool/deceive/betray/trick/con somebody into doing something
- to feel cheated/fooled/deceived/betrayed/tricked/conned
- to fool/deceive yourself
- to cheat/trick/con your way into something
- betray something
to ignore your principles or beliefs in order to achieve something or gain an advantage for yourself 背叛（原則或信仰） to tell somebody or make them aware of a piece of information, a feeling, etc., usually without meaning to （無意中）洩露信息，流露情感
Word OriginMiddle English: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + obsolete tray ‘betray’, from Old French trair, based on Latin tradere ‘hand over’.