perfidy
英 ['pɜːfɪdɪ]
美['pɝfədi]
- n. 不诚实；背信弃义
词态变化
复数: perfidies;
中文词源
perfidy 背叛，不忠
来自拉丁语perfidia,背叛，出卖，不忠，来自per-,整个的，-fid,相信，信任，词源同faith,confident.字面意思即完全信任，后词义讽刺化。比较perjury.
英文词源
- 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"]
双语例句
- 1. As devotion unites lovers , so perfidy estranges friends.
- 忠诚是爱情的桥梁,欺诈是友谊的敌人.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The knowledge of Hurstwood's perfidy wounded her like a knife.
- 赫斯渥欺骗她的消息像一把刀捅到了她的心里.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. Never mind now about Hurstwood's perfidy -- why had he done this?
- 现在先别管赫斯渥的背理悖行 -- 他为什么要这样做?
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. Oh, the perfidy of men!
- 啊, 男人的奸诈!
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Would the man's perfidy never reach a limit?
- 这个人的背信弃义难道永远没有止境 吗 ?
来自辞典例句