hypocrisy
noun /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/
/hɪˈpɑːkrəsi/
(plural hypocrisies)
[uncountable, countable] (disapproving)- behaviour that does not meet the moral standards or match the opinions that somebody claims to have
伪善;虚伪 - He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another.
他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。 - It’s hypocrisy for them to pretend that they were shocked at the news.
他们假装对这个消息感到震惊是虚伪的。
- The play exposes the hypocrisy of the ruling elite.
该剧揭露了统治精英的虚伪。 - She refused to conform to the usual practices and hypocrisies of high society.
她拒绝遵从上流社会的习俗和虚伪做法。
词源Middle English: from Old French ypocrisie, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek hupokrisis ‘acting of a theatrical part’, from hupokrinesthai ‘play a part, pretend’, from hupo ‘under’ + krinein ‘decide, judge’. - He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another.