English Dictionary

betray

IPA（発音記号）

/bəˈtɹeɪ/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

日本語の意味

裏切る：信頼や秘密を持っている相手に対し、不誠実な行為で信頼を裏切り、相手を騙したり敵に情報や支援を提供する行為を行うこと。

The spy agreed to betray the city to the invading army for a sack of gold.

そのスパイは金の袋と引き換えに都市を侵略軍の手に引き渡すことに同意した。

意味（1）

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

an officer betrayed the city

意味（2）

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

to betray a person or a cause

意味（3）

(transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

意味（4）

(transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.

意味（5）

(transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.

意味（6）

(transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

betrays （ present singular third-person ）

betraying （ participle present ）

betrayed （ participle past ）

betrayed （ past ）