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| 1 | if you betray your country , or you betray someone who needs your support , you deliberately do something that harms them or helps their opponents 背叛；出卖 |
| In wartime many people accused of betraying their country were executed. 在战时许多被指控叛国的人都被处决。 |
| She realized that one of her friends must have betrayed her. 她意识到她的朋友中肯定有一个人出卖了她。 |
| | 1a | if you betray someone’ s trust , you do harm to them when they have trusted you 辜负；失信于 | | They felt their assistant had betrayed their trust in publishing his diaries. 在出版他的日记这件事上，他们感到助手辜负了他们的信任。 | |
| | 1b | if you betray a secret , you tell it to people who do not have the right to know it 泄露（秘密） | |
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| 2 | if you betray your beliefs or principles, you do something that does not agree with them 背叛（信仰或原则） |
| She had betrayed all her beliefs and told a lie. 她背叛了她所有的信仰，撒了谎。 |
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| 3 | to show something or be a sign of something 暴露；露出 |
| Rabbits betray their presence with fresh soil outside their burrow. 兔子洞外面的新土暴露了它们的踪迹。 |
| | 3a | if you betray a feeling or quality that you want to hide , your words or face make it clear to people 流露出，显露出（情感或特性） | | His comments betray a lack of understanding. 他的评论表明他缺乏理解。 | | The woman’ s face betrayed no emotion. 那个女人的脸上没有流露出任何感情。 | |
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| betrayer noun C |
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