English Dictionary

betray

/bəˈtɹeɪ/

verb

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

He will betray his friends for personal gain.

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.