treacherous
/ˈtretʃərəs/adjective
1- guilty of or involving betrayal or deception不可靠的, 背叛的, 奸诈的:
a treacherous Gestapo agent
一个奸诈的盖世太保
memory is particularly treacherous.
记忆特别不可靠。
1.1
- (of ground, water, conditions, etc.) hazardous because of presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers(地面、水流、情况等)危险的; 变化莫测的:
a holidaymaker was swept away by treacherous currents.
一个度假者被诡秘的水流卷走了。
派生词
treacherously
adverbtreacherousness
noun词源
Middle English (in the sense 'involving betrayal'): from Old French trecherous, from trecheor 'a cheat', from trechier 'to cheat'.