英語單詞

hypocritical是什麽意思

hypocritical

英 [,hɪpə'krɪtɪkl] 美 [,hɪpə'krɪtɪkl]
  • adj. 虛偽的;偽善的

英文詞源


hypocritical (adj.)
1540s (implied in hypocritically), from hypocritic, which was used in the same sense, + -al (1). Middle English used simple hypocrite as the adjective (c. 1400) as well as the noun.

雙語例句


1. The Heidlers are an unpleasantly hypocritical pair.
海德勒夫婦很虛偽,很讓人討厭。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Britain's laws on homosexuality are hypocritical humbug.
英國的同性戀法律都是虛偽的空話連篇。

來自柯林斯例句

3. It's hypocritical to say one thing and do another.
言行不符就是偽善.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph simply because that is the law.
如果因為法律規定的時速是70英裏我就說自己的車速是這麽高,那就是虛偽了。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I would just like to say that this is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard in my life.
我隻想說這是我這輩子聽說過的最虛偽的事情。

來自柯林斯例句

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