hypocrisy

英 [hɪˈpɒkrəsi]

美 [hɪˈpɑːkrəsi]

n.  伪善; 虚伪

复数：hypocrisies　

考研TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.10088 / COCA.9213

牛津词典

noun

• 伪善；虚伪
  behaviour in which sb pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have
  1. He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another.
     他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 虚伪;伪善
  If you accuse someone ofhypocrisy, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have.
  1. He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story...
     他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。
  2. You'll have little patience with the hypocrisy and double standards you encounter.
     你将会无法忍受所遭遇的伪善和双重标准。
  3. ...the hypocrisies of middle-class provincial life.
     地方中产阶级生活的虚假矫饰

英英释义

noun

• insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
• an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
  Synonym:lip service

双语例句

• Their argument is full of legal hypocrisy.
  他们的论点充满了对法律的虚伪的虔诚。
• So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
  28你们也是如此，外面向人显出公义，里面却满了伪善和不法。
• He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story
  他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。
• Modesty carried too far smacks of hypocrisy.
  过分谦虚，就显得虚伪了。
• In the moralistic accents of today's leaders we hear echoes of a previous generation's hypocrisy.
  在当今领导人的说教腔调中，我们感到了上一代人的伪善。
• For them to attack the Liberals for racism is nauseating hypocrisy.
  他们攻击自由党搞种族歧视是令人作呕的虚伪行径。
• The debate in the mainstream press has been a classic example of British hypocrisy
  主流媒体上的辩论是英国式虚伪的典型例子。
• He called it 'rank hypocrisy' that the government was now promoting equal rights.
  他把目前政府提倡平等权利的举措称为“彻头彻尾的伪善”。
• What behind this ugliness is also ignorance, hypocrisy, prejudice and arrogance.
  这种丑陋的背后依然是无知、虚伪、偏见与狂妄。
• Therefore, I hold that hypocrisy appears in a society when benevolence and righteousness are advocated intently.
  所以我认为，当一个社会刻意地倡导仁慈与正义时，伪善就会紧接着出现。