Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #10088
Fully loadedhypocrisy
虚伪；伪善
the practice of pretending to have moral standards, beliefs, or good qualities that you do not really have
- 1.
The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham.
故意伪装美德或善良的外表,同时掩盖真实品格或倾向,尤指宗教和道德信念；泛指虚伪、假装、欺骗。
- 2.
an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
口是心非的赞同
- 3.
The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.
声称或假装具有实际上并不具备的信念、标准、品质、行为、美德、动机等。
- 4.
insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
假装具备自己不具备的品质或信仰的虚伪
- 5.
The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.
做自己批评他人所做的事；道德上的自相矛盾,即行为与自认或暗示的信念、标准或美德不符。
- 6.
An instance of hypocrisy.
伪善的行为；虚伪的事例。
言行不一；说一套做一套；虚伪行为；口是心非；故意伪装美德或善良的外表,同时掩盖真实品格或倾向,尤指宗教和道德信念；泛指虚伪、假装、欺骗。；口是心非的赞同；声称或假装具有实际上并不具备的信念、标准、品质、行为、美德、动机等。
In use
The politician's talk about family values was pure hypocrisy, given his own scandals.
She accused him of hypocrisy for preaching honesty while cheating on his taxes.
Many people see through the hypocrisy of companies that claim to care about the environment while polluting rivers.
hypocrisy of (doing) something
后接名词或动名词，表示某事物或行为的虚伪性。
The hypocrisy of his argument was obvious.
他论点的虚伪是显而易见的。
hypocrisy in (doing) something
表示在某方面存在的虚伪行为。
There is a great deal of hypocrisy in the way politicians talk about family values.
政客们谈论家庭价值观的方式中存在大量虚伪。
Connections
Collocations
- political hypocrisy
- 政治伪善
- Many voters are tired of the political hypocrisy in campaign promises.许多选民厌倦了竞选承诺中的政治伪善。
- sheer hypocrisy
- 十足的伪善
- It's sheer hypocrisy to criticize others for the same faults you have.批评别人有同样的缺点，这是十足的伪善。
- hypocrisy of
- ……的伪善
- The hypocrisy of the government's stance on environmental issues was exposed.政府在环境问题上的伪善立场被揭露了。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the height of hypocrisy
- 极其虚伪Claiming to care about the poor while cutting social programs is the height of hypocrisy.一边声称关心穷人，一边削减社会项目，这是极其虚伪的。
- a veil of hypocrisy
- 虚伪的面纱The politician's speech was nothing but a veil of hypocrisy.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
虚伪（hypocrisy）就像‘hip’（时尚）与‘cry’（哭）的矛盾组合，外表光鲜内心虚伪。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political criticism、moral discussions、social commentary 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，常见于政治、道德或社会批评中，表示虚伪或表里不一。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为 hypocrisies；常与介词 of 连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'hypocrisy' because they share the same stressed vowel and ending /ɑkrəsi/. Beware of lookalikes like 'hypocrite' (/ˈhɪpəkrɪt/) which have a different ending and stress pattern.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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