treachery

英 ['tret?(?)r?] 美['tr?t??ri]

GRECET6+TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?treacheries;

1. trick => treachery.

treachery 背叛，不忠

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) trechier,欺騙，撒謊，可能來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tricari,逃避，耍詐，詞源同 trick.后引申詞義背叛，不忠。-ery,表行為。

treachery: treachery: [13] Despite the passing resemblance, treachery has no etymological connection with traitor or treason. In fact, its closest English relative is trick. The word was borrowed from Old French trecherie, a derivative of trichier ‘cheat’ (source of English trick).
=> trick
treachery (n.): "treasonable or perfidious conduct," c. 1200, from Old French trecherie, tricherie "deceit, cheating, trickery, lies" (12c.), from trechier "to cheat, deceive" (see trick (n.)).

1. Crook had resigned his post rather than be party to such treachery.: 克魯克已經(jīng)辭職了，不愿參與這種背信棄義的行為。

2. The combination of sex and treachery proved a copper-bottomed circulation booster.: 事實(shí)證明，性和背叛的話題結(jié)合起來(lái)無(wú)疑大大增加了發(fā)行量。