名詞 hypocrisy:

1. an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
   同義詞：lip service
2. insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

1. His hypocrisy makes me sick.
   我很討厭他那麼虛偽。
2. Her remarks savour of hypocrisy.
   她說(shuō)的話聽(tīng)起來(lái)有點(diǎn)兒虛偽。
3. She strongly denounced the Government's hypocrisy.
   她強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)政府虛偽。
4. The government's claim to be concerned about unemployment is sheer hypocrisy.
   政府聲稱對(duì)失業(yè)表示關(guān)注純屬做做姿態(tài)。

hy.poc.ri.sy

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 hy.poc.ri.sies
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
虛偽，偽善：宣揚(yáng)自己并沒(méi)有的信仰，感情或品質(zhì)；假裝
An act or instance of such falseness.
這種假裝的行為或?qū)嵗?/br>
來(lái)源：
Middle English ipocrisie
中古英語(yǔ) ipocrisie
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Late Latin hypocrisis [play-acting, pretense]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) hypocrisis [假裝]
from Greek hupokrisis
源自 希臘語(yǔ) hupokrisis
from hupokrinesthai [to play a part, pretend]
源自 hupokrinesthai [演角色，假裝]
hupo- [hypo-]
hupo- [前綴hypo-.在…之下.]
krinesthai [to explain] from krinein [to decide, judge] * see krei-
krinesthai [解釋] 源自 krinein [決定，判斷] *參見(jiàn) krei-