hypocritical
英 [ˌhɪp.əˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl]
美 [ˌhɪp.əˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl]
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。