Duplicity is dishonest behaviour that is meant to trick someone. The person (or the group) shows one face and hides another: they say one thing, and they mean, or do, something else.

Duplicityduplicity is dishonest behaviour是不誠實的行為 that is meant to trick someone目的是要騙人。 The person (or the group) shows one face and hides another這個人(或這個團體)表現出一張臉,卻藏著另一張: they say one thing他們說一套, and they mean, or do, something else心裡想的或實際做的卻是另一套。

It is not only one small lie in the moment. It is a way of acting with a hidden side — two stories at once.

It is not only one small lie in the moment它不只是當下的一個小謊言。 It is a way of acting with a hidden side它是一種帶著隱藏一面的行事方式 — two stories at once同時有兩套說法。

Newspapers, courts, and rather formal writing like this word. Friends would more often say someone is two-faced, or that they lied.

Newspapers, courts, and rather formal writing報紙、法庭,還有比較正式的寫作 like this word都喜歡用這個字。 Friends would more often say朋友之間比較常說 someone is two-faced, or that they lied某人「兩面派」,或說他說謊了。

Though actually, duplicity feels bigger and colder than a single fib: it names the pattern, the double dealing. You can speak of a person's duplicity, or of duplicity in politics or in business. It is always a bad thing in ordinary use; nobody is proud of it.

Though actually不過其實, duplicity feels bigger and colder than a single fibduplicity給人的感覺比一個小謊還要大、還要冷: it names the pattern, the double dealing它指的是一種模式,一種雙面手法。 You can speak of a person's duplicity你可以說某人的duplicity, or of duplicity in politics or in business或是政治上、商業上的duplicity。 It is always a bad thing in ordinary use在一般用法裡它永遠是負面的; nobody is proud of it沒有人會以此為榮。