traitor

英 ['tre?t?] 美['tret?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?traitors;

traitor 背叛者，叛徒

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) traitor,叛徒，來(lái)自（縮寫自）拉丁語(yǔ) traditor,叛徒，來(lái)自 tradere,轉(zhuǎn)給，移交，投降，詞源同 treason,betray.該詞與 tradition 為對(duì)詞關(guān)系，但詞義完全不同。

traitor: traitor: [13] Traitor and tradition [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin trādere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns- ‘a(chǎn)cross’ and dare ‘give’ (source of English data, date, etc). It originally meant ‘hand over, deliver’, and it is this sense that (via the derivative trāditiō) has given English tradition – etymologically something ‘handed over’ to succeeding generations. But it was also used metaphorically for ‘betray’, and this meaning has passed through into English in betray, traitor, and treason.
=> betray, tradition, traitor, treason
traitor (n.): c. 1200, "one who betrays a trust or duty," from Old French traitor, traitre "traitor, villain, deceiver" (11c., Modern French tra?tre), from Latin traditor "betrayer," literally "one who delivers," agent noun from stem of tradere "deliver, surrender" (see tradition). Originally usually with a suggestion of Judas Iscariot; especially of one false to his allegiance to a sovereign, government, or cause from late 15c.

4. He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause.: 他被視為社會(huì)主義事業(yè)的叛徒。

5. The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.: 那個(gè)賣國(guó)賊終于被人發(fā)現(xiàn)并被監(jiān)禁了起來(lái).