• n. 虛偽；偽善

來自希臘語hypokrisis,舞臺表演，演戲，來自hypo-,在下，-kris,分開，篩選，評論，詞源同crisis,critic.來自于古希臘時期的一種舞臺表演形式，即邊說邊緊跟著發表看法，評論或進行闡釋，引申詞義表演，演戲。現義偽善，虛偽義可能來自于此，或來自hypo-,下面，欠缺，-kris,評論，觀點，即不敢發表觀點和看法的，掩飾真實情感的，引申詞義偽善，虛偽。

hypocrisy (n.)

c. 1200, ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis "acting on the stage, pretense," from hypokrinesthai "play a part, pretend," also "answer," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + middle voice of krinein "to sift, decide" (see crisis). The sense evolution in Attic Greek is from "separate gradually" to "answer" to "answer a fellow actor on stage" to "play a part." The h- was restored in English 16c.

Hypocrisy is the art of affecting qualities for the purpose of pretending to an undeserved virtue. Because individuals and institutions and societies most often live down to the suspicions about them, hypocrisy and its accompanying equivocations underpin the conduct of life. Imagine how frightful truth unvarnished would be. [Benjamin F. Martin, "France in 1938," 2005]

1. The baron became increasingly heated over the hypocrisy of it all.

男爵對整件事的虛偽感到越來越生氣。

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2. They left themselves wide open to accusations of double standards and hypocrisy.

他們使自己陷于被人指責搞雙重標準和虛偽不實的境地。

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3. For them to attack the Liberals for racism is nauseating hypocrisy.

他們攻擊自由黨搞種族歧視是令人作嘔的虛偽行徑。

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4. I challenged him on the hypocrisy of his political attitudes.

我就他虛偽的政治觀點質問他。

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5. You'll have little patience with the hypocrisy and double standards you encounter.

你將會無法忍受所遭遇的偽善和雙重標準。

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