Benedict Arnold叛徒

【使用地区】：美国

【释义】：

The term has been used in America to mean a traitor for more than two hundred years．Familiar is the story of how American general Benedict Arnold plotted to deliver the West Point garrison to British major John Andre，how the plot failed with André’s capture，and how Arnold fled to the British Army．Less familiar are the facts that Arnold was a brilliant soldier and that his treason was provoked by shabby treatment at the hands of superiors．

Benedict Arnold名字在美国意为“叛徒”，已有两百多年的历史。美国独立战争时，美国将领Benedict Arnold阴谋把西点要塞的军事情报递送给英军少校John Andre，由于后者被捕，阴谋暴露，Arnold逃到英军驻地。虽然这个故事可谓是家喻户晓，但却很少有人知道，Arnold是一位出色的将领，他之所以叛变是因为受到上级不公正的待遇。