hypocrite
英 ['hɪpəkrɪt]
美 ['hɪpə'krɪt]
助记提示
1. hypo- 'under' and crit- 'separate'(see crisis, critic).
2. which originally meant literally 'separate gradually', and eventually passed via 'answer' and 'answer one's fellow actor on stage' to 'play a part', and hence 'pretend'.
3. Etymologically, a hypocrite is someone who is 'playing a part', merely pretending.
中文词源
hypocrite 伪善者，虚伪的人词源同hypocrisy,伪善，虚伪。
英文词源
- hypocrite
- hypocrite: [13] Etymologically, a hypocrite is someone who is ‘playing a part’, merely pretending. The word comes via Old French ypocrite and late Latin hypocrita from Greek hupokritēs ‘actor, hypocrite’. This was a derivative of hupokrínein, a compound verb formed from the prefix hupo- ‘under’ and krínein ‘separate’, which originally meant literally ‘separate gradually’, and eventually passed via ‘answer’ and ‘answer one’s fellow actor on stage’ to ‘play a part’, and hence ‘pretend’.
- hypocrite (n.)
- c. 1200, ypocrite, from Old French ypocrite (12c., Modern French hypocrite), from Church Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokrites "stage actor, pretender, dissembler," from hypokrinesthai (see hypocrisy).
双语例句
- 1. "Hypocrite," he sneered.
- “伪君子，”他不屑地说。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some of these technologies include autoresponders and methods of promoting your business Online.
- 这些技术包括autoresponders和方法促进你上网业务.
来自互联网
- 3. You say you care about the poor, but you don't help them. You hypocrite!
- 你说你关怀穷人, 可你并不帮助他们, 你这伪君子!
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The minister well knew -- subtle, but remorseful hypocrite that he was!
- 牧师深知这一切 —— 他是一个多么难以捉摸又懊悔不迭的伪君子 啊 !
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 5. The magazine wrongly suggested he was a liar and a hypocrite.
- 该杂志诬枉地暗示他撒谎，是伪君子。
来自辞典例句