卖国求荣的英文意思：seek after glory by selling out one's own country / betray one's country in order to get a high position / betray one's country to obtain a promotion / seek power and wealth by betraying one's country / turn traitor for personal gain
荣：荣华富贵。指出卖国家利益来谋取个人的荣华富贵。
连动式；作谓语、定语；含贬义
勾结投靠敌人，出卖国家的权益，谋求个人的富贵。
宋·洪迈《容斋随笔》卷六：“苏循及其子楷自谓有功于梁，当不次擢用。全忠薄其为人，以其为唐鸱枭，卖国求利，勒循致仕，斥楷归田里。”
贾似道卖国求荣，请速正法。 ◎清·吴趼人《痛史》第六回
