hypocrite
/ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhi-pə-ˌkrit/ (ame, mw)
hypocrite — 名詞
- hypocritesingular
- hypocritesplural
1. a person who speaks as if they care deeply about what is right, but whose action
偽君子
假裝道德高尚卻言行不一的人
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
At dinner, Sofie called the mayor a hypocrite for wasting water during the drought.
晚餐時，Sofie 因市長在乾旱期間浪費用水，罵他是偽君子。
call someone a hypocrite
Bao felt like a hypocrite after warning his son about smoking.
Bao 在勸兒子別抽菸後，覺得自己像個偽君子。
feel like a hypocrite
The article exposed the preacher as a hypocrite when secret messages became public.
那篇文章在秘密訊息曝光後，揭發那位傳教士是個偽君子。
To the staff, Quinn was a hypocrite after preaching honesty and hiding the missing receipts.
在員工看來，Quinn 一邊宣講誠實、一邊藏起遺失的收據，根本是個偽君子。
Linh whispered, 'What a hypocrite,' when the class monitor copied her homework.
Linh 看見班長抄她作業時，小聲說：「真是個偽君子。」
- 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
- person of integrity
emphasizes that the person's actions match the values they claim to believe in
- principled person
focuses on someone who follows clear moral standards in practice
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.