treachery: [13] Despite the passing resemblance, treachery has no etymological connection with traitor or treason. In fact, its closest English relative is trick. The word was borrowed from Old French trecherie, a derivative of trichier ‘cheat’ (source of English trick). => trick
treachery (n.)
"treasonable or perfidious conduct," c. 1200, from Old French trecherie, tricherie "deceit, cheating, trickery, lies" (12c.), from trechier "to cheat, deceive" (see trick (n.)).
雙語例句
1. Crook had resigned his post rather than be party to such treachery.
克魯克已經(jīng)辭職了，不愿參與這種背信棄義的行為。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The combination of sex and treachery proved a copper-bottomed circulation booster.
事實證明，性和背叛的話題結合起來無疑大大增加了發(fā)行量。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides.