Hypocrisy
[ hɪ'pɑkrəsi ]
第5级
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n. 伪善，虚伪;
💡 词根助记
hypo下面，次等+cris判断，分辨+y表名词→伪善
📝 例句
Circumstances impose on any public official some demand for a show of hypocrisy.
由于情况所迫，任何公职官员有时都不得不做出一些虚伪的表现。
a life leavened by hypocrisy
受虚伪影响的生活
hold hypocrisy in detestation = have a detestation of hypocrisy
深恶伪善
Is hypocrisy the canker of our society?
虚伪是我们社会的弊端吗?
He wished to avoid the charge of hypocrisy.
他希望免去不忠之嫌。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ hy-拼音“海燕”,po-拼音“婆”,cr-拼音“粗人”,sy-拼音“蛇妖”:海燕和婆婆在粗人眼里很造作
※ hy-拼音“还有”,po-拼音“婆”,cri-cry哭,sy-拼音“声音”:还有一个婆婆在玩,但她的声音听起来很造作
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
hypo-表示“不足”
📖 牛津释义
hypocrisy
n[U]
practice of misrepresenting one's real character, opinions, etc, esp by pretending to be more virtuous than one really is; insincerity 伪善; 虚伪.
🎯 考研助记
hypo（在…下面）＋crisy（批评）→在下面批评（当面不批评）→伪善。hypocrite（伪君子），hypocritical（虚伪的）
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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Why must I have mercy on him? Tell me that!
为什么我必得宽恕他呢？请告诉我这一点！
When work continued, one man lit a cigarette as he was working, but, finding it had a strange taste, he put it out.
随后他们继续干活，一个工人在干活时点燃了一支香烟。可是他觉得有一股怪味，他就把烟灭了。
He had a gift for thinking up ways of making political points.
他有一种天赋，能想出很多办法阐明其政治观点。