trai·tor
noun/ˈtreɪtə(r)/
/ˈtreɪtər/
- traitor (to somebody/something) a person who betrays their friends, their country, etc. by giving away secrets about them, by lying to or about them or by doing other things that will harm them
通过泄露有关朋友、国家等的秘密、对他们撒谎或做其他会伤害他们的事情的人 - He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause.
他被视为社会主义事业的叛徒。 - She denied that she had turned traitor (= become a traitor).
她否认自己叛变了。 - He turned traitor and joined the opposition.
他叛变并加入了反对派。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + traitor- turn
- brand somebody as
- call somebody
- …
- traitor to
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French traitour, from Latin traditor, from tradere ‘hand over’. - He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause.