treachery
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
— Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.
- The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
- Treason.
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An act or instance of treachery.
— These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.
词形变化
词源
From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).
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