| 词汇 | hypocrite |
| 释义 | hypocrite noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /ˈhɪp.ə.krɪt/ us /ˈhɪp.ə.krɪt/ someone who says they have particular moral beliefs but behaves in way that shows these are not sincere: 伪君子，伪善者 He's a hypocrite - he's always lecturing other people on the environment but he drives around in a huge car.他是个伪君子——他总在教导别人要保护环境，可他自己却开着辆大排量的汽车到处转。 Dishonest people birther cadger charmer cheat cheater deceiver fibber hoaxer humbug hustler knave mountebank perjurer profiteer rigger ringer schemer trickster wheeler-dealer Examples of hypocritehypocrite He would be a hypocrite, and we have a perfectly good word for that, without fiddling with the notion of truth. To put it more simply, very often, archaeological theorists, the author of this article included, can appear as hypocrites. The world, as he saw it, was full of chisellers and con-men, hypocrites and grifters who were either ludicrous or malevolent or both. It is said to be the hypocrite, who deceives others with false doctrines. Monks and priests are often represented as high-living hypocrites whereas nuns appear as beautiful exemplars of genuine charity. The hypocrites depart from the threshold of fortune by the efforts of their own feet and fall into destruction. To judge the real character as "bad" by an impossible standard of perfection, however, is to impose criminal liability without fault (and to turn every judge into a hypocrite). That impression is not so much one of lions led by donkeys as of hippopotami managed by hypocrites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This lie is not, however, the first to be uttered by the hypocrites of the yes camp. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English To-day we have to practise what we preach or be denounced as hypocrites and lose our authority in the councils of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any interchanges which might follow, with each statesman describing the other as a "hypocrite", might have some result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So, we choose to be hypocrites instead – and life goes on as usual. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Some critics are quite rightly calling us hypocrites. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, if we continue like this, we shall continue to be hypocrites. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In the unprejudiced judgment of impartial minds you will appear to be something in the nature of a hypocrite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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