| 单词 | duplicity |
| 释义 | duplicity (once / 3109 pages) n Though he said he didn't know anything about the footprints in the new sidewalk, his duplicity, or deceitfulness, was obvious from the cement caking his shoes. His mouth said one thing, his feet said another. Many words with "du" have meanings with "two" or "duo." Duplicity is from a Latin word meaning "twofold, having two parts." Someone who shows duplicity is two-faced — maybe showing one side in public and another in private — or is just a liar, saying something known to be untrue or misleading. A fraud uses duplicity to gain something with false promises, and someone described as "fake" might use duplicity just to fit in or be accepted. WORD FAMILYduplicity: duplicities, duplicitous+/duplicitous: duplicitously USAGE EXAMPLESThe mission of a news organization is to record accurately the course of events, including patterns of deception and duplicity. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The scale and sheer wantonness of DuPont's level of duplicity, however, may be a new low. New York Times(Jan 06, 2016) In 1968, he was instrumental in exposing Philby’s duplicity, which became Britain’s most infamous spy scandal of the 20th century. Washington Post(Dec 10, 2016) 1n acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another Syn|Hyper double-dealing deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation the act of deceiving 2n a fraudulent or duplicitous representation Syn|Hyper fraudulence deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood |
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