Hypocrisy
[hɪ'pɒkrɪsɪ] or [hɪ'pɑkrəsi]
解释:
(noun.) insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have.
(noun.) an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction.
整理:蒂娜--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness.
塞德里克录入
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Pharisaism, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety.[2]. Dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession.
编辑:迈尔斯
同义词及反义词：
[See HYPOCRITE]
杰拉尔丁校对
解释:
n. a feigning to be what one is not: concealment of true character.
伯特伦编辑
例句:
- What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit,espionage, and treachery? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- I still stood absolutely dumfoundered at what appeared to me her miraculous self-possession and most inscrutable hypocrisy, when the cook entered. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The infamous dog has got every vice except hypocrisy, and that belongs to his brother. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- But of the split itself he is unaware; the result is a kind of unconscious hypocrisy, an instability of disposition. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- What she had said about hoping that he would not come was all hypocrisy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The cynical indifference of legislatures and the hypocrisy of the dominant parties were all that politics had to offer. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Barraclough uplifted the palms of his hands and the whites of his eyes, evincing in the gesture a mere burlesque of hypocrisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She cannot feign; she scorns hypocrisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I'm sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Hypocrisy was very disgusting to me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- It seemed almost like hypocrisy and lying, sometimes, oh, often, on Birkin's part, to talk so deeply and importantly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I dare say, but a certain amount of hypocrisy is necessary in this world of shaMs Maurice looked at Count Constantine with an amused smile. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
编辑:拉维恩