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单词 hypocrisy
释义
hypocrisyhy‧poc‧ri‧sy /hɪˈpɒkrəsi $ -ˈpɑː-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhypocrisy
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French ypocrisie, from Greek hypokrisis ‘act of playing a part on stage, hypocrisy’
Examples
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  • A strong sense of right and wrong inspired paintings satirizing puritan hypocrisy and the destruction of wildlife.
  • But the only abuse practiced on Capitol Hill right now is an abuse of the laws of hypocrisy.
  • I am painfully aware of how we get caught up in our times and become contaminated by our own hypocrisy.
  • That sums up the cynical hypocrisy and political opportunism of Labour.
  • The hypocrisy is the pretense that the players are scholars whose colleges are competing for the glory of it all.
  • There are those who can embrace this as a sort of liberation from convention and hypocrisy.
  • To them, hypocrisy is aggravated assault by other means.
when someone pretends to have certain beliefs or opinions that they do not really have – used to show disapproval OPP  sincerity:  It would be sheer hypocrisy to pray for success, since I’ve never believed in God.
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