hypocrisy

名词 hypocrisy:

1. an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
   同义词：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.
   我很讨厌他那麽虚伪。
2. Her remarks savour of hypocrisy.
   她说的话听起来有点儿虚伪。
3. She strongly denounced the Government's hypocrisy.
   她强烈谴责政府虚伪。
4. The government's claim to be concerned about unemployment is sheer hypocrisy.
   政府声称对失业表示关注纯属做做姿态。

hy.poc.ri.sy

n.（名词）
【复数】 hy.poc.ri.sies
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
虚伪，伪善：宣扬自己并没有的信仰，感情或品质；假装
An act or instance of such falseness.
这种假装的行为或实例

来源：
Middle English ipocrisie
中古英语 ipocrisie
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin hypocrisis [play-acting, pretense]
源自 后期拉丁语 hypocrisis [假装]
from Greek hupokrisis
源自 希腊语 hupokrisis
from hupokrinesthai [to play a part, pretend]
源自 hupokrinesthai [演角色，假装]
hupo- [hypo-]
hupo- [前缀hypo-.在…之下.]
krinesthai [to explain] from krinein [to decide, judge] * see krei-
krinesthai [解释] 源自 krinein [决定，判断] *参见 krei-