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traitor

noun
🔊/ˈtreɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈtreɪtər/
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  1. traitor (to somebody/something) a person who gives away secrets about their friends, their country, etc.背叛者；叛徒；卖国贼
    • He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause.他被视为社会主义事业的叛徒。🔊🔊
    • She denied that she had turned traitor (= become a traitor).她否认自己叛变了。🔊🔊
    • He turned traitor and joined the opposition.他叛变并加入了反对派。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + traitor
    • turn
    • brand somebody as
    • call somebody
    • …
    preposition
    • traitor to
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French traitour, from Latin traditor, from tradere ‘hand over’.