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    If you are disloyal, you do or say things that do not stand by your friends, your country, or the group you belong to. You owed them your support, and you did not give it.

    If you are disloyal如果你是 disloyal(不忠的), you do or say things that do not stand by your friends, your country, or the group you belong to你做的或說的事情沒有站在你的朋友、你的國家,或你所屬團體那一邊。You owed them your support, and you did not give it你原本欠他們一份支持,卻沒有給。

    A disloyal friend tells your secret. A disloyal colleague helps the other team. A newspaper might call a politician disloyal for attacking their own party.

    A disloyal friend tells your secret一個 disloyal 的朋友會把你的秘密說出去。A disloyal colleague helps the other team一個 disloyal 的同事會去幫對手那一邊。A newspaper might call a politician disloyal for attacking their own party報紙可能會因為一個政治人物攻擊自己的政黨,就說他 disloyal。

    Though actually, people fight over this word, because it judges. One person hears a protest and says it is disloyal to the country; another says speaking up is a kind of loyalty.

    Though actually不過其實, people fight over this word人們會為了這個字吵架, because it judges因為它帶有評斷的意味。One person hears a protest and says it is disloyal to the country一個人聽到一場抗議,說這是對國家不忠; another says speaking up is a kind of loyalty另一個人卻說站出來說話本身就是一種忠誠。

    Among friends it can also be used lightly, almost as a joke — disloyal of you to like their coffee better than mine — but the real word is heavy. It sits near , and, when the group is a country and the harm is on purpose, near traitor, which is stronger still.

    Among friends在朋友之間 it can also be used lightly, almost as a joke它也可以被輕鬆地拿來開玩笑 — disloyal of you to like their coffee better than mine像「你居然比較喜歡他們的咖啡而不是我的,太 disloyal 了」這樣 — but the real word is heavy不過這個字真正的份量是很重的。It sits near unfaithful它跟 unfaithful(不忠實)意思相近, and, when the group is a country and the harm is on purpose而當團體是國家、傷害又是故意的時候, near traitor, which is stronger still它就更接近 traitor(叛徒),意思又更強烈。

    It is not the same as simply not liking someone.

    It is not the same as simply not liking someone它跟單純不喜歡一個人是不一樣的。

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組成dis- (not, the opposite) + loyal. From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desleal, desloial.

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  • loyalthe opposite this word reverses
  • loyaltythe noun for standing by someone
  • disloyaltythe noun for this adjective

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

disloyaladj[dɪsˈlɔɪ(j)əɫ]

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    Not loyal, without loyalty.

    • 1536, Anne Boleyn, letter addressed to Henry VIII from the Tower of London, cited in Edward Herbert, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII, London: Thomas Whitaker, 1649, p. 383, Good your Grace, let not any light fancy, or bad Counsel of mine enemies withdraw your Princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyall heart towards your good Grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutifull Wife, and the Infant Princesse your daughter […]
    • […] Norway himself, With terrible numbers, Assisted by that most disloyal traitor The thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict;

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。