hypocrite
英 ['hɪpəkrɪt]
美 ['hɪpə'krɪt]
助記提示
1. hypo- 'under' and crit- 'separate'(see crisis, critic).
2. which originally meant literally 'separate gradually', and eventually passed via 'answer' and 'answer one's fellow actor on stage' to 'play a part', and hence 'pretend'.
3. Etymologically, a hypocrite is someone who is 'playing a part', merely pretending.
中文詞源
hypocrite 偽善者，虛偽的人詞源同hypocrisy,偽善，虛偽。
英文詞源
- hypocrite
- hypocrite: [13] Etymologically, a hypocrite is someone who is ‘playing a part’, merely pretending. The word comes via Old French ypocrite and late Latin hypocrita from Greek hupokritēs ‘actor, hypocrite’. This was a derivative of hupokrínein, a compound verb formed from the prefix hupo- ‘under’ and krínein ‘separate’, which originally meant literally ‘separate gradually’, and eventually passed via ‘answer’ and ‘answer one’s fellow actor on stage’ to ‘play a part’, and hence ‘pretend’.
- hypocrite (n.)
- c. 1200, ypocrite, from Old French ypocrite (12c., Modern French hypocrite), from Church Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokrites "stage actor, pretender, dissembler," from hypokrinesthai (see hypocrisy).
雙語例句
- 1. "Hypocrite," he sneered.
- “偽君子，”他不屑地說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some of these technologies include autoresponders and methods of promoting your business Online.
- 這些技術包括autoresponders和方法促進你上網業務.
來自互聯網
- 3. You say you care about the poor, but you don't help them. You hypocrite!
- 你說你關懷窮人, 可你並不幫助他們, 你這偽君子!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The minister well knew -- subtle, but remorseful hypocrite that he was!
- 牧師深知這一切 —— 他是一個多麽難以捉摸又懊悔不迭的偽君子 啊 !
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 5. The magazine wrongly suggested he was a liar and a hypocrite.
- 該雜誌誣枉地暗示他撒謊，是偽君子。
來自辭典例句