perfidy

英 [ˈpɜː.fɪ.di]      美 [ˈpɝː.fə.di]
  • n. 不诚实;背信弃义
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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.

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"]
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 ?

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