Betray

Definition

betray /bÇ'treÇ/ v ၁။ ~ sb/sth (to sb) ရန္သူအားေပးသည္၊ ျပသည္။ betray state secrets ❍ Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities. ၂။ (က) သစၥာေဖာက္သည္။ betray one's country/one's principles/one's wife ❍ She felt cheated and betrayed. (ခ) အယံုအၾကည္မဲ့ေအာင္ လုပ္သည္။ He should have returned the money; he has betrayed our trust. ၃။ (က) (လွစ္ခနဲ၊ မသိမသာ) ျပေနသည္။ She said she was sorry, but her eyes betrayed her secret delight. ❍ His accent betrayed the fact that he was not English. (ခ) ~ oneself ဇာတိ႐ုပ္ကိုျပသည္။ He had a good disguise, but as soon as he spoke he betrayed himself (ie he was recognized by his voice).

Examples

1. In wartime many people accused of betraying their country were executed.
2. She realized that one of her friends must have betrayed her.
3. They felt their assistant had betrayed their trust in publishing his diaries.
4. She had betrayed all her beliefs and told a lie.
5. Rabbits betray their presence with fresh soil outside their burrow.
6. His comments betray a lack of understanding.
7. The woman’s face betrayed no emotion.