perfidy

• n.不正、裏切り

ラテン語のperfidia、裏切り、不誠実、per-, whole, -fid, to believe, trustに由来し、語源的には信仰、信頼と同じ。perjuryと比較される。

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.

忠誠は愛の架け橋であり、詐欺は友情の敵である.

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

ヘスオアは彼女をだましたニュースがナイフのように彼女の心に突き刺さった。

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

今はハスオアの背理にかまうな--彼はなぜそんなことをするのか。

4.Oh，the perfidy of men！

ああ、男の奸！

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

この人の背信は永遠に終わらないのだろうか。