cant
noun /kænt/
/kænt/
[uncountable]- statements, especially about moral or religious issues, that are not sincere and that you cannot trust
（尤指有关道德或宗教问题的）伪善言辞，虚假的话，空话 - His speech was full of political, social and religious cant.
他的演讲充满了政治、社会和宗教的谎言。
词源noun early 16th cent.: probably from Latin cantare ‘to sing’. The early meaning was ‘musical sound, singing’; in the mid 17th cent. this gave rise to the senses ‘whining manner of speaking’ and ‘form of words repeated mechanically in this manner’ (for example a beggar's plea), hence ‘jargon’ (of beggars and other such groups). - His speech was full of political, social and religious cant.