be double-tongued
He is double-tongued, saying one thing but doing another.
他言辞矛盾,说一套做一套。
口是心非;两面三刀
对一个人说一套,对另一个人说另一套;言行不一;言语欺骗。;言辞矛盾的;欺骗的
Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; deceitful in speech.
对一个人说一套,对另一个人说另一套;言行不一;言语欺骗。
Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
The double-tongued politician promised tax cuts to one audience and increased spending to another.
那个言辞矛盾的政客向一群听众承诺减税,又向另一群听众承诺增加开支。
用法提示:形容词修饰 politician,表示其言行不一、欺骗性。
She became wary of her double-tongued colleague, who always agreed with her in meetings but later undermined her plans.
她开始提防那位虚伪的同事,他总是在会议上附和她的意见,事后却暗中破坏她的计划。
用法提示:形容词修饰 colleague,指出其欺骗性行为。
A double-tongued person cannot be trusted with important secrets.
不能将重要秘密托付给一个口是心非的人。
用法提示:形容词修饰 person,强调其不可信赖的特性。
He is double-tongued, saying one thing but doing another.
他言辞矛盾,说一套做一套。
常修饰表示人或言语的名词
The politician was accused of making double-tongued promises.
这位政客被指责做出虚伪的承诺。
Despite the criticism, she remained double-tongued in her statements.
尽管受到批评,她的言论仍然自相矛盾。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a double-tongued.
正确表达He is double-tongued.
形容词不能单独作名词使用,应去掉不定冠词 'a',或后加名词如 'person'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He double-tongued his friends.
正确表达He was double-tongued with his friends.
'double-tongued' 是形容词,不能用作动词。应使用系动词 'be' 并搭配介词 'with' 表示对象。
double-tongued强调通过言辞矛盾进行欺骗,而two-faced侧重表里不一、当面一套背后一套的行为。
hypocritical指假装拥有道德标准或信仰,与double-tongued相比更强调伪善的品德表现,而非特指言语矛盾。
double-dealing可作形容词或名词,侧重欺诈行为本身,而double-tongued专指言辞上的矛盾欺骗。
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