【同义词辨析】 不忠faithless-perfidious
faithless: applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or to any breach or betrayal of obligation, allegiance, or loyalty: ~ allies refused to support the sanctions. (pledge保证誓言: a serious promise严肃的诺言a pledge of support许诺支援) (breach违背诺言: breach of contract违反合同)
false: stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner or degree ranging from fickleness to cold treachery: betrayed by ~ friends. (fickle多变善变: the group has been notoriously fickle in the past这伙人过去出了名的善变) (treachery随时背叛: 随时准备背叛,本组倒数第二个)
disloyal: implies a lack of complete faithfulness in thoughts or words or actions to a friend, cause, leader, or country: accused the hostages of being ~ to their country.
traitorous: implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust: ~ acts punishable by death.
treacherous: implies readiness to betray trust or confidence: the victim of ~ allies.
perfidious: adds to treacherous the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability and of baseness or vileness: repeated and ~ violations of the treaty. (base和vile分别表示一般下劣和极端下劣,和low(介于之间)组成一组同义词,应该不难记) treaty公约
faithless背信弃义: 泛指任何违背诺言或违反忠诚效忠义务,false虚假: 泛指不真实,从多变到随时背叛,disloyal不忠诚: 不是完全忠诚,语气稍弱可轻可重,traitorous叛徒的叛国的: 叛国或严重背叛,treacherous随时背叛: 表示随时准备背叛信任,perfidious无法忠诚: 增加了无法忠诚的意思,程度最重
记忆方法: 1) 首字母FFDTTP重组成Ta Fan Fu De Pian Ta他反复地骗他<==不忠诚
2) 不忠的意思是不忠诚效力 mean untrue to someone or something that has a right to expect fidelity or allegiance.首字母FFDTTP重组成Ta Fan Fu De Pian Ta他反复地骗他<==不忠诚