Hypocrisy
[hɪ'pɒkrɪsɪ] or [hɪ'pɑkrəsi]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
塞德里克錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Pharisaism, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety.[2]. Dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession.
編輯:迈尔斯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See HYPOCRITE]
杰拉尔丁校對
解釋/意思:
n. a feigning to be what one is not: concealment of true character.
伯特伦編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- What has it been but a system of hypocrisy and deceit,espionage, and treachery? 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- The infamous dog has got every vice except hypocrisy, and that belongs to his brother. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But of the split itself he is unaware; the result is a kind of unconscious hypocrisy, an instability of disposition. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- What she had said about hoping that he would not come was all hypocrisy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The cynical indifference of legislatures and the hypocrisy of the dominant parties were all that politics had to offer. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 雪麗.
- She cannot feign; she scorns hypocrisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I'm sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Hypocrisy was very disgusting to me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It seemed almost like hypocrisy and lying, sometimes, oh, often, on Birkin's part, to talk so deeply and importantly. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
編輯:拉维恩