traitor學測 L5KK [ˈtretɚ] ｜ /ˈtreɪtɚ/
叛國者；通敵者·背叛者；出賣者
時事新聞常見，學測閱讀常考
Even outside politics, betraying a close friend's trust can make you a traitor in their eyes.
即使不涉及政治，背叛摯友的信任也會讓你在對方眼中成為叛徒。
一個畫面：背後捅刀
背後捅刀表面同陣營，暗中出手傷害
轉身投敵臨陣倒向原本對立的一方
信任崩塌原本深信的人瞬間變了樣
義項
轉身投敵C1noun叛國者；通敵者
During the war, a soldier became a traitor by giving secret information to the enemy.
戰爭期間，一名士兵洩露機密給敵人，成了叛國者。
a traitor to the countrya well-known traitor
信任崩塌C2noun背叛者；出賣者
She trusted her business partner completely, but he became a traitor by selling their secret to another company.
她完全信任生意夥伴，沒想到他把祕密賣給另一家公司，出賣了她。
a real traitora traitor to his friends
片語
turn traitor倒戈變節 →變節，成為叛徒
a traitor to the cause背棄理念 →背叛自己支持的理念
a suspected traitor涉嫌叛徒 →遭懷疑是叛徒的人
你會不會這樣說？
He betrayed his own country, so people called him a ___. (traitor / trader)
看答案
traitor
traitor 指背叛者，trader 指商人，兩字外型相近但意思完全不同。
'She trusted her business partner completely, but he became a traitor by selling their secret to another company.' 這裡的 traitor 最接近哪個意思？(A) 叛國者 (B) 出賣朋友信任的人
看答案
(B)
此句描述商業夥伴間的背叛，非國家層級的政治背叛。
字族
traitorous 背叛的；不忠的