英语词组sell the pass是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

sell the pass betray a cause. British

☞ As in head someone off at the pass (seehead), pass is here used in the sense of a narrow route through mountains, viewed as a strategic point in time of war. Selling the pass was supplying information to the enemy that would enable them to circumvent or otherwise get through the obstacle (turn the pass). In the mid 19th century it was considered to be an Irish expression meaning 'betray your fellow countrymen by selling information to the authorities'.

2009Guardian My eye was caught by an anguished attack by the Times religious affairs commentator Ruth Gledhill against Rowan Williams for … selling the pass on gay rights and women in the Anglican church.

☞ For other idioms containing pass, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, pass the buck at buck).

词组	sell the pass
释义	sell the pass betray a cause. British ☞ As in head someone off at the pass (seehead), pass is here used in the sense of a narrow route through mountains, viewed as a strategic point in time of war. Selling the pass was supplying information to the enemy that would enable them to circumvent or otherwise get through the obstacle (turn the pass). In the mid 19th century it was considered to be an Irish expression meaning 'betray your fellow countrymen by selling information to the authorities'. 2009Guardian My eye was caught by an anguished attack by the Times religious affairs commentator Ruth Gledhill against Rowan Williams for … selling the pass on gay rights and women in the Anglican church. ☞ For other idioms containing pass, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, pass the buck at buck).
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