crocodile tears

英 [ˈkrɒkədaɪl teəz]

美 [ˈkrɑːkədaɪl terz]

n.  鳄鱼的眼泪; 假慈悲

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 鳄鱼的眼泪;假慈悲
  If someone is cryingcrocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
  1. The sight of George shedding crocodile tears made me sick.
     看到乔治假慈悲，我感到恶心。

英英释义

noun

• a hypocritical display of sorrow
  1. the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma
  2. politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed

双语例句

• The beast in the above photo never actually "cries crocodile tears", because they do not have tear ducts, and cannot weep.
  上图所显示的野兽其实从来都不流泪，因为他没有泪腺。
• Hey, aren't you that kid from crocodile tears?
  嗨，你不会是“鳄鱼眼泪”片子中的那个小子吧？
• In his speeches, he always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people.
  他在讲话时，总是装得好像他对穷人和无家可归的人很同情的样子。
• She shed crocodile tears when she dismissed him for his job.
  她解雇他时，故意装作流下了同情的眼泪。
• She didn't even shed a few crocodile tears over his death?
  她对他的死连一滴假惺惺的眼泪也没有？
• Her television interview, Edison Chen denounced intersection anger "shedding crocodile tears hyprocritical"," eyes wide open Say fear!"
  她接受电视专访时，悲愤交集痛斥陈冠希“猫哭老鼠假慈悲”，“睁大眼睛说慌！”
• They were only crying crocodile tears at the old man's funeral.
  他们在那老人葬礼上的哭是虚情假意的。
• Don't shed crocodile tears over his leaving. I know very well that you're glad to see him go.
  别为他的离开难过了，我很清楚，他走了你很高兴。
• "Don't shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him."
  不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了，我知道你恨他
• At best they are just crocodile tears.
  充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。