hypocritical

英 [ˌhɪp.əˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl]      美 [ˌhɪp.əˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl]
  • adj. 虚伪的;伪善的
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为了记忆“hypocritical”,可以将它分解为“hypo”(低于)和“critical”(批评的)。想象一个“低于”标准或事实,却装作高于标准进行批评的人,这就是“hypocritical”的行为特征。这种方法通过对比和对比比喻来帮助记忆单词的含义。

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hypocritical (adj.)
1540s (implied in hypocritically), from hypocritic, which was used in the same sense, + -al (1). Middle English used simple hypocrite as the adjective (c. 1400) as well as the noun.
1. The Heidlers are an unpleasantly hypocritical pair.
海德勒夫妇很虚伪,很让人讨厌。
2. Britain's laws on homosexuality are hypocritical humbug.
英国的同性恋法律都是虚伪的空话连篇。
3. It's hypocritical to say one thing and do another.
言行不符就是伪善.
4. It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph simply because that is the law.
如果因为法律规定的时速是70英里我就说自己的车速是这么高,那就是虚伪了。
5. I would just like to say that this is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard in my life.
我只想说这是我这辈子听说过的最虚伪的事情。