Hypocrisy is when someone pretends to hold beliefs, rules, or feelings that they do not really have. They talk one way and live another, and we use the word to show we disapprove.

Hypocrisyhypocrisy（偽善）is when someone pretends to hold beliefs, rules, or feelings that they do not really have是指一個人假裝擁有他其實並沒有真正抱持的信念、原則或感受。They talk one way and live another他們說一套、做的又是另一套，and we use the word to show we disapprove而我們用這個字，是要表示我們不認同。

A politician who lectures on honesty while hiding a lie, or a friend who scolds you for being late and then arrives late themselves, is showing hypocrisy. It names the gap, not a gentle mistake.

A politician who lectures on honesty while hiding a lie一個一邊教訓別人要誠實、一邊卻藏著謊言的政治人物，or a friend who scolds you for being late and then arrives late themselves或是一個罵你遲到、自己卻遲到的朋友，is showing hypocrisy就是在表現 hypocrisy。It names the gap, not a gentle mistake這個字指的是那個落差，不是一個溫和的小失誤。

Though actually, people also stretch it: almost anyone who fails their own standard can be called a hypocrite in an argument, even when they are struggling rather than putting on a show. The tidy dictionary picture is a mask; real talk is messier, and sometimes the word is just a weapon.

Though actually不過其實，people also stretch it大家也會把這個字用得比較寬：almost anyone who fails their own standard can be called a hypocrite in an argument吵架的時候，幾乎任何一個沒有做到自己標準的人，都可能被說是 a hypocrite（偽善的人），even when they are struggling rather than putting on a show即使他其實是在掙扎，而不是在裝樣子。The tidy dictionary picture is a mask字典裡工整的畫面是一副面具；real talk is messier現實裡的說法更混亂，and sometimes the word is just a weapon有時候這個字就只是一件武器。