• n. 不誠實；背信棄義

來自拉丁語perfidia,背叛，出賣，不忠，來自per-,整個的，-fid,相信，信任，詞源同faith,confident.字面意思即完全信任，后詞義諷刺化。比較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.

忠誠是愛情的橋梁,欺詐是友誼的敵人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The knowledge of Hurstwood's perfidy wounded her like a knife.

赫斯渥欺騙她的消息像一把刀捅到了她的心里.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

3. Never mind now about Hurstwood's perfidy -- why had he done this?

現(xiàn)在先別管赫斯渥的背理悖行 -- 他為什么要這樣做?

來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

4. Oh, the perfidy of men!

啊, 男人的奸詐!

來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

5. Would the man's perfidy never reach a limit?

這個人的背信棄義難道永遠(yuǎn)沒有止境 嗎 ?

來自辭典例句