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hypocritical adj.伪善的 (1) 不要相信他那伪善的言词。(2) 伪善的谎言掩盖不了铁的事实。 Hypocritical comes from the Greek hypokritikos which means acting a part. The word comes up most often when discussing political and religious figures who are sometimes caught engaging in behavior that goes against their professed beliefs. A person who engages in hypocritical behavior could be called a hypocrite, their behavior, an act of hypocrisy.

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英 [ˌhɪpə'krɪtɪkl] 美 [ˌhɪpə'krɪtɪkl] (1) Don't believe his hypocritical words.(2) Their hypocritical lies can not cover the ironclad facts. Hypocritical involves acting in a way that goes against your stated beliefs. If you drive drunk despite the fact that you are the president of Students Against Drunk Driving, you are truly hypocritical. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]虚伪的；伪善的 If you accuse someone of being hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have.   [disapproval]It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph simply because that is the law...如果因为法律规定的时速是70英里我就说自己的车速是这么高，那就是虚伪了。If someone is being hypocritical then it is fair to expose that.如果有人虚伪矫饰，那就应该暴露他的真面目。

英语单词	hypocritical
英美音标	英 [ˌhɪpə'krɪtɪkl] 美 [ˌhɪpə'krɪtɪkl]
中文释义	adj.伪善的
英语例句	(1) Don't believe his hypocritical words. (2) Their hypocritical lies can not cover the ironclad facts.
中文例句	(1) 不要相信他那伪善的言词。 (2) 伪善的谎言掩盖不了铁的事实。
vocabulary简明	Hypocritical involves acting in a way that goes against your stated beliefs. If you drive drunk despite the fact that you are the president of Students Against Drunk Driving, you are truly hypocritical.
vocabulary扩展	Hypocritical comes from the Greek hypokritikos which means acting a part. The word comes up most often when discussing political and religious figures who are sometimes caught engaging in behavior that goes against their professed beliefs. A person who engages in hypocritical behavior could be called a hypocrite, their behavior, an act of hypocrisy.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]虚伪的；伪善的 If you accuse someone of being hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. [disapproval] It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph simply because that is the law... 如果因为法律规定的时速是70英里我就说自己的车速是这么高，那就是虚伪了。 If someone is being hypocritical then it is fair to expose that. 如果有人虚伪矫饰，那就应该暴露他的真面目。

Hypocritical Acting Beliefs Drunk Behavior 英 ˌhɪpə'Krɪtɪkl] 美 ˌhɪpə'Krɪtɪkl