hypocrisy
英 [h?'p?kr?s?]
美[h?'pɑkr?si]
- n. 虛偽；偽善
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?hypocrisies;
中文詞源
hypocrisy 偽善，虛偽
來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)hypokrisis,舞臺(tái)表演，演戲，來(lái)自hypo-,在下，-kris,分開(kāi)，篩選，評(píng)論，詞源同crisis,critic.來(lái)自于古希臘時(shí)期的一種舞臺(tái)表演形式，即邊說(shuō)邊緊跟著發(fā)表看法，評(píng)論或進(jìn)行闡釋?zhuān)暝~義表演，演戲。現(xiàn)義偽善，虛偽義可能來(lái)自于此，或來(lái)自hypo-,下面，欠缺，-kris,評(píng)論，觀點(diǎn)，即不敢發(fā)表觀點(diǎn)和看法的，掩飾真實(shí)情感的，引申詞義偽善，虛偽。
英文詞源
- hypocrisy (n.)
- c. 1200, ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis "acting on the stage, pretense," from hypokrinesthai "play a part, pretend," also "answer," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + middle voice of krinein "to sift, decide" (see crisis). The sense evolution in Attic Greek is from "separate gradually" to "answer" to "answer a fellow actor on stage" to "play a part." The h- was restored in English 16c.
Hypocrisy is the art of affecting qualities for the purpose of pretending to an undeserved virtue. Because individuals and institutions and societies most often live down to the suspicions about them, hypocrisy and its accompanying equivocations underpin the conduct of life. Imagine how frightful truth unvarnished would be. [Benjamin F. Martin, "France in 1938," 2005]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The baron became increasingly heated over the hypocrisy of it all.
- 男爵對(duì)整件事的虛偽感到越來(lái)越生氣。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They left themselves wide open to accusations of double standards and hypocrisy.
- 他們使自己陷于被人指責(zé)搞雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和虛偽不實(shí)的境地。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. For them to attack the Liberals for racism is nauseating hypocrisy.
- 他們攻擊自由黨搞種族歧視是令人作嘔的虛偽行徑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I challenged him on the hypocrisy of his political attitudes.
- 我就他虛偽的政治觀點(diǎn)質(zhì)問(wèn)他。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. You'll have little patience with the hypocrisy and double standards you encounter.
- 你將會(huì)無(wú)法忍受所遭遇的偽善和雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
