stab in the back

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of betrayal or treachery.
    — Vice-President Dick Cheney viewed the move by Britain—“perfidious Albion,” as he put it—as “a stab in the back,” according to a former senior intelligence official.
动词 v.
  1. To betray (somebody). idiomatic
    — “What concerns me,” Ryder said, as if they’d been having an entirely different conversation, “is that you’re angry right now, Harper. Menoris was a teammate and you trusted her; I get that. Everyone’s been stabbed in the back at some point or another. But are you going to Illium to complete the mission, or to get revenge?”

词形变化

stabs in the back plural stabs in the back present,singular,third-person stabbing in the back participle,present stabbed in the back participle,past stabbed in the back past
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