perfidy
英 ['p??f?d?]
美['p?f?di]
- n. 不誠實；背信棄義
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?perfidies;
中文詞源
perfidy 背叛，不忠
來自拉丁語perfidia,背叛，出賣，不忠，來自per-,整個的，-fid,相信，信任，詞源同faith,confident.字面意思即完全信任，后詞義諷刺化。比較perjury.
英文詞源
- perfidy
- perfidy: see faith
- perfidy (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French perfidie (16c.), from Latin perfidia "faithlessness, falsehood, treachery," from perfidus "faithless," from phrase per fidem decipere "to deceive through trustingness," from per "through" (see per) + fidem (nominative fides) "faith" (see faith).
[C]ombinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practiced perfidy grow faithless to each other. [Samuel Johnson, "Life of Waller"]
雙語例句
- 1. As devotion unites lovers , so perfidy estranges friends.
- 忠誠是愛情的橋梁,欺詐是友誼的敵人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The knowledge of Hurstwood's perfidy wounded her like a knife.
- 赫斯渥欺騙她的消息像一把刀捅到了她的心里.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. Never mind now about Hurstwood's perfidy -- why had he done this?
- 現(xiàn)在先別管赫斯渥的背理悖行 -- 他為什么要這樣做?
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. Oh, the perfidy of men!
- 啊, 男人的奸詐!
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Would the man's perfidy never reach a limit?
- 這個人的背信棄義難道永遠沒有止境 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句