🇬🇧🇨🇳 traitor - 叛徒 : English Lesson

Meaning of "traitor" ("叛徒"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A traitor is a person who pretends to be on one team or side, but then secretly helps the other side instead, breaking people’s trust in a big, serious way.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our alarm clock is a traitor because it works perfectly on school days but mysteriously "forgets" to ring on weekends.

Our cat was a total traitor: he ignored us all day, then slept on the stranger’s lap during the party.

Grandpa said his back is a traitor because it always starts hurting right when it’s time to dance.

My dog is a traitor because he cuddles with whoever has snacks, even if it’s the mailman.

Dad called the mirror a traitor because it kept showing his bald spot getting bigger.

The village door banged as the traitor slipped from the gate. The traitor handed the enemy the key and the traitor smiled at friends as soldiers marched in. Children cried; an old woman shouted, "Traitor!" The traitor ran into fog. Villagers nailed the gate shut; they stood hurt but safe.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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