| 释义 |
dissembler|dɪˈsɛmblə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who dissembles; one who conceals his real purposes under a false appearance; one who practises duplicity; a deceiver, hypocrite.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 253 b, They iudged hym a dissembler and an ypocryte. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. ii. 87 All periur'd, all forsworne, all naught, all dissemblers. 1649Milton Eikon. 11 A deep dissembler, not of his affections only, but of Religion. 1667― P.L. iii. 681 So spake the false dissembler unperceiv'd; For neither Man nor Angel can discern Hypocrisie. 1741Richardson Pamela I. 163, I must put on the Dissembler a little, I see. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel iii. 152 He was a thorough dissembler, able to hide his purpose and skilful to execute it. |