| 单词 | hypocrisy |
| 释义 | hypocrisy (once / 712 pages) n People who go to church but don't believe in god? People who are vegetarians on a moral basis but wear leather jackets? They are engaging in hypocrisy, or behavior that is different from what they say they believe. A hypocrite is a person who practices hypocrisy: what they say is not what they do. The noun hypocrisy descends from the Greek hypokrisis "acting on a stage," from hypokrinesthai "to play a part, pretend," from the prefix hypo- "under" plus krinein "to judge." Many times kids are enraged by their parents' hypocrisy when parents make their children follow rules they don't follow themselves. WORD FAMILYhypocrisy: hypocrisies, hypocritical+/hypocritical: hypocritically USAGE EXAMPLES“The political consequences are that it reduces U.S. leverage because of the perceived hypocrisy. The moral case is drastically undermined.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) I think it's the hypocrisy he dresses himself in that irked me most. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) He accused conservatives of hypocrisy, saying they decry political correctness from liberals but act offended about issues such as the secularization of the Christmas holiday. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1n insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have Hypo|Hyper sanctimoniousness, sanctimony the quality of being hypocritically devout fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousnesssmug self-serving earnestness falseness, hollowness, insincerity the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical 2n an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction Syn|Hypo|Hyper lip service crocodile tears a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense pretending with intention to deceive |
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