1 VERB 失信于；辜负 If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. 失信于；辜负
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When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word. [VERB noun]
如果我告诉某人我不会辜负他的信任，我就会恪守诺言。
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The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes. [VERB noun]
总统背叛了他们，违背了不加税的诺言。
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. 背叛；出卖
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They offered me money if I would betray my associates. [VERB noun]
他们提出来只要我供出同伙就给我钱。
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The group were informers, and they betrayed the plan to the Germans. [VERB noun + to]
这帮人是告密者，他们把计划泄露给了德国人。
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. 违背，背弃（理想或原则）
4 VERB 流露出；暴露出 If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. 流露出；暴露出
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She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing. [VERB noun]
她仔细端详了一番他的脸，但什么也没有看出来。
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He nodded his head instead of saying anything where his voice might betray him. [VERB noun]
他一言不发，只是点头，因为一开口可能会露出破绽。
SYN give away, tell, show, reveal
Quotations
To betray, you must first belong Kim Philby
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