hypocrisy

英 [hɪ'pɒkrəsi] 美 [hɪ'pɑːkrəsi]

• n. 伪善

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]伪善，虚伪

   saying one holds a belief while really believing sth else

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 伪善
2. 虚伪
3. 虚假
4. 不忠

英英释义

Noun:

1. an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

2. insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We were cheated by his hypocrisy.
   我们都被他的伪善欺骗了。
2. I have no brow of such worldly hypocrisy.
   我讨厌这种老于世故的伪善。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Dickens incarnated hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep.
   狄更斯把虚伪体现在他塑造的人物赖亚·赫普身上。

经典引文

• The hypocrisy which permits selfish policies to be propounded in expressions of high-mindedness.

  出自： P. Ustinov

• To talk of holiness and to practise injustice is mere hypocrisy.

  出自： R. H. Tawney

近反义词

【近义词】

• insincerity 不诚实
• double standard 双重标准,不同标准...
• pretense 借口
• pretence 假装
• duplicity 欺骗
• falseness 虚伪
• deception 骗局
• lip service 说得好听的话...
• lip 嘴唇
• service 服务