hypocrite

/ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhi-pə-ˌkrit/ (ame, mw)

hypocrite — noun

  • hypocritesingular
  • hypocritesplural

1. a person who speaks as if they care deeply about what is right, but whose action

1.名詞C1
釋義

a person who speaks as if they care deeply about what is right, but whose actions show they do not really live by those values

例句

At dinner, Sofie called the mayor a hypocrite for wasting water during the drought.

call someone a hypocrite

Bao felt like a hypocrite after warning his son about smoking.

feel like a hypocrite

同義詞
  • phony

    more informal and broader; can describe any insincere person, not only someone pretending to be morally good

  • fraud

    stronger and often harsher; can suggest deliberate deception, sometimes in legal or financial settings

  • pretender

    more literary and less moral; emphasizes acting like something one is not

反義詞

文法句型

used after 'call someone a ~'

used after 'feel like a ~'

用法筆記

Often used after verbs such as call, expose, or feel like. It criticizes the gap between someone's moral talk and their behavior, not just a single careless mistake.

常見錯誤

❌He is hypocrite.
✅He is a hypocrite.
💡Hypocrite is a countable noun and needs an article when it refers to one person.
❌She is a hypocrite person.
✅She is a hypocrite.' or ✅ 'She is a hypocritical person.
💡Hypocrite is the noun for the person; hypocritical is the adjective.