perfidy
英 [ˈpɜː.fɪ.di]
美 [ˈpɝː.fə.di]
将“perfidy”分解为“per”和“fid”两部分,其中“per”可以联想为“经常”,而“fid”可以联想到“相信”。想象一个经常不忠实于相信承诺的人,这就是“perfidy”的含义——不忠、背信弃义。
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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.
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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"]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 4. Oh, the perfidy of men!
- 啊, 男人的奸诈!
- 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 ?