He was a cat in the pan.
　　
（誤譯）他是盤子中的一只貓。
（正譯）他是個叛徒。

a flash in the pan
曇花一現
　　
叛徒有哪些？

1. traitor n. 叛徒；賣國賊；背信棄義的人

He was depicted as a traitor. 他被描繪成一個叛徒。

She spat at the traitor in extreme contempt. 她極端蔑視地沖著叛徒吐了一口唾沫。

2. renegade n. 叛徒；變節者；脫黨者 vi. 背叛；脫離 adj. 叛徒的；背棄的；脫離的

This morning's verdict would break the renegade. 今天上午的裁決將會徹底擊潰這個叛徒的陰謀。

The renegade is the first cousin to a rattlesnake. 叛徒象響尾蛇一樣地毒狠。

3. turncoat n. 變節者；背叛者

Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then a enemy. 酒是叛徒，先是朋友，后是敵人。

Some of the workers began to see him as a turncoat. 有些工人開始認為他是一個叛徒。

4. rebel vi. 反叛；反抗；造反 n. 反叛者；叛徒 adj. 反抗的；造反的

Reorganizing the armed rebel forces. 重新組建叛亂武裝。

In rebel-held areas no one will be able to vote. 叛軍控制的地區則不可能盡情選舉。

5. defector n. 背叛者；逃兵；叛離者

The political defector was refuged in an embassy. 那個政治叛逃者被一大使館接納避難。

A defector revealed the disposition of the enemy fleet. 一個叛變者透露了敵方艦隊的部署情況。