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traitors

UK //ˈtreɪtəz//US //ˈtreɪtərz//

词源

源自中古英语 traitour,借自古法语 traitor,最终源于拉丁语 traditor(背叛者)。

noun

❶ 指背叛国家、组织或信任的人,通常出于个人利益或敌对立场而做出危害行为。

“The spies were executed as traitors to their country.”

(这些间谍因背叛国家而被处决。)

“History remembers them as traitors who sided with the enemy.”

(历史将他们记载为投靠敌人的叛徒。)

同义词:betrayer, defector, turncoat

常见短语

traitors to the cause — 指背叛某项事业或理想的人,常用于政治或社会运动中。

“The rebels denounced the deserters as traitors to the cause.”

(叛乱者谴责逃兵是事业的叛徒。)