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单词 duplicitous
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Definition of duplicitous in English:

duplicitous

adjective djuːˈplɪsɪtəsd(j)uˈplɪsədəs
  • 1Deceitful.

    a duplicitous philanderer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After years of attacking the creativity of every other wine-producing nation for borrowing their names, this is a bit rich, but, given France's ancient tradition of duplicitous behaviour, not surprising.
    • This relates to American exceptionalism, which makes great allowances for seemingly hypocritical or duplicitous behavior as conducted by our leaders.
    • They are weak, petulant, hypocritical, disunited, duplicitous, sometimes anti-Semitic, and often anti-American appeasers.
    • He'd done a lot of things that could be considered underhanded, even duplicitous.
    • And what I'm saying is duplicitous about that is, at the same time, in the United States, only in the last few weeks, the farm bill was passed subsidizing American agricultural projects.
    • How quickly it got duplicitous, deceitful, diabolical, and it just came out really in last episode where the beginning of an alliance was forming.
    • It is racist because they are not law; they are a set of slogans and duplicitous words designed just to postpone definition until later.
    • He said: ‘I think it is underhanded and duplicitous and it is double standards.’
    • It reveals a shockingly casual attitude about the millions of women and girls who have died because of men's sexist and duplicitous behavior.
    • If one sees politics as nothing but the organized pursuit of self-interest, then all talk of a public purpose is bound to appear disingenuous or duplicitous.
    • But it's deceptive, duplicitous, and deceitful.
    • They exposed the United States and its athletes as the whingeing, mewling, cheating, two-faced, lying, duplicitous, sanctimonious shower that they are.
    • As its name suggests, it is a ‘double-agency’, a duplicitous creature.
    • We cannot have such a morally bankrupt, devious, duplicitous, disingenuous and cold-hearted ‘little king’ returned to power this year.
    • In the older system, wherein outward actions were most important, ‘true’ (that is, honourable) intentions could justify crafty and duplicitous acts.
    • When political hot air is turning into cold blood, when duplicitous spin is becoming lethal, somebody's got to speak up.
    • Because of my understanding of the ideals to which some of you devote your very existence, I cannot think of anything more duplicitous than engaging in a campus war game like many of your first-year comrades have decided to do.
    • If you say does one bout of marital infidelity mean he is habitually duplicitous, then no, I don't draw that parallel.
    • Perhaps this context of guarded or duplicitous speech illumines the doubletalk on Paul's part.
    • I love it loads more than I love the duplicitous, double dealing, promise breaking government whom I once loved and now hate.
    Synonyms
    dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false, deceiving, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, two-faced, double-dealing, cheating, underhand, crafty, cunning, sly, guileful, scheming, calculating, conniving, designing, hypocritical, perfidious, treacherous, machiavellian, janus-faced
  • 2Law
    (of a charge or plea) containing more than one allegation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A count in an indictment charging such a Conspiracy Offence would not be duplicitous.
    • The indictment was not duplicitous or in any way defective, but accurately encapsulated that allegation.

Derivatives

  • duplicitously

  • adverb
    • That is the way Labour members operate - duplicitously.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Four bored ghosts duplicitously call on our heroic paranormal exterminators to brush up on their scare tactics and have a little fun.
      • On their website the duo duplicitously claim almost none of their lyrics are about ‘love.’
      • It is applied duplicitously by the ‘supply-siders.’
      • We understand (but do not feel) that these characters are intricately nestled in an odd dynamic, showing love in strange ways, acting duplicitously towards each other.

Rhymes

complicitous, felicitous, solicitous
 
 

Definition of duplicitous in US English:

duplicitous

adjectived(y)o͞oˈplisədəsd(j)uˈplɪsədəs
  • 1Deceitful.

    treacherous, duplicitous behavior
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because of my understanding of the ideals to which some of you devote your very existence, I cannot think of anything more duplicitous than engaging in a campus war game like many of your first-year comrades have decided to do.
    • Perhaps this context of guarded or duplicitous speech illumines the doubletalk on Paul's part.
    • We cannot have such a morally bankrupt, devious, duplicitous, disingenuous and cold-hearted ‘little king’ returned to power this year.
    • If you say does one bout of marital infidelity mean he is habitually duplicitous, then no, I don't draw that parallel.
    • This relates to American exceptionalism, which makes great allowances for seemingly hypocritical or duplicitous behavior as conducted by our leaders.
    • How quickly it got duplicitous, deceitful, diabolical, and it just came out really in last episode where the beginning of an alliance was forming.
    • If one sees politics as nothing but the organized pursuit of self-interest, then all talk of a public purpose is bound to appear disingenuous or duplicitous.
    • It is racist because they are not law; they are a set of slogans and duplicitous words designed just to postpone definition until later.
    • As its name suggests, it is a ‘double-agency’, a duplicitous creature.
    • And what I'm saying is duplicitous about that is, at the same time, in the United States, only in the last few weeks, the farm bill was passed subsidizing American agricultural projects.
    • In the older system, wherein outward actions were most important, ‘true’ (that is, honourable) intentions could justify crafty and duplicitous acts.
    • They exposed the United States and its athletes as the whingeing, mewling, cheating, two-faced, lying, duplicitous, sanctimonious shower that they are.
    • But it's deceptive, duplicitous, and deceitful.
    • I love it loads more than I love the duplicitous, double dealing, promise breaking government whom I once loved and now hate.
    • He'd done a lot of things that could be considered underhanded, even duplicitous.
    • After years of attacking the creativity of every other wine-producing nation for borrowing their names, this is a bit rich, but, given France's ancient tradition of duplicitous behaviour, not surprising.
    • He said: ‘I think it is underhanded and duplicitous and it is double standards.’
    • They are weak, petulant, hypocritical, disunited, duplicitous, sometimes anti-Semitic, and often anti-American appeasers.
    • When political hot air is turning into cold blood, when duplicitous spin is becoming lethal, somebody's got to speak up.
    • It reveals a shockingly casual attitude about the millions of women and girls who have died because of men's sexist and duplicitous behavior.
    Synonyms
    dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false, deceiving, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, two-faced, double-dealing, cheating, underhand, crafty, cunning, sly, guileful, scheming, calculating, conniving, designing, hypocritical, perfidious, treacherous, machiavellian, janus-faced
    1. 1.1Law (of a charge or plea) containing more than one allegation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A count in an indictment charging such a Conspiracy Offence would not be duplicitous.
      • The indictment was not duplicitous or in any way defective, but accurately encapsulated that allegation.
 
 
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