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If someone is hypocritical, they behave in a way that does not match what they claim to believe. The word is an adjective, and it always carries a : a hypocritical speech, a hypocritical rule, a hypocritical smile. It points at the , not at a simple change of mind. Though actually, people also use it for any double standard they dislike, even when the speaker never claimed to be perfect. Use it when there is a show of virtue that the actions quietly undo.
偽善的
組成From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs), “actor, hypocrite,” from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai), “I play a part on stage”: hypo- (below) + krínō (I choose).
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hypocriticaladj/hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/
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Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
- Near-synonyms: double-faced, two-faced, Janus-faced, duplicitous (these denote intentional deception)
- The British Empire was in a somewhat-hypocritical position when it came to slavery. Due to the fact that most other nations were at war with the Empire and the Royal Navy controlled the seas, most slavers were flying British flags. However, slavery in England had been banned hundreds of years before, in 1102, with periodic court cases reaffirming this through the centuries.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。