ratted [
'rætid]
adj. [俚]喝醉的
v. 背叛(rat的过去式)
- He ratted on his best friend to the police.
把他最好的朋友出卖给了警察。 - For his own personal interest, Mr. Chen ratted on his government.
陈先生为了个人的利益,背叛了他的政府。 - Irene:But you're the one who ratted me out! Now I'm in big trouble.
艾琳:但是妳出卖我!现在我麻烦大了。
Rat \Rat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ratted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ratting}.]
1. In English politics, to desert one's party from interested
motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own
advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on
other conditions, than those established by a trades
union.
Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having
ratted, solely by his inability to follow the
friends of his early days. --De Quincey.
2. To catch or kill rats.
2. To be an informer (against an associate); to inform (on an
associate); to squeal; -- used commonly in the phrase to
rat on.
[PJC]