1. two-faced
大家都知道咱们常说的“二皮脸”的意思是“脸皮厚”,我发现英语中有一个表达字面意思与“二皮脸”很像:two-faced。 内容来自www.yingyuzhijia.com
如果有人说She is a two-faced person.你会不会就想当然理解为“她脸皮很厚。”呢? 本文来自英语之家
这是不对的哦~ 内容来自www.yingyuzhijia.com
Two-faced其实指的是“两面派;伪君子”,英文解释为:Duplicitous; habitually presenting a different version of oneself at different times, especially in the presence of different people.
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(duplicitous [djuː'plɪsɪtəs; djʊ-] adj.奸诈的;双重的;搞两面派的)
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所以:She is a two-faced person.意思是“她很虚伪。” 内容来自www.yingyuzhijia.com
咱们再来看一个例子: 内容来自www.yingyuzhijia.com
John is not as nice as he pretends to be. He is really two-faced. 内容来自www.yingyuzhijia.com
约翰根本不是他装出来的那么好,他真是个两面派。
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2. hypocrite ['hɪpəkrɪt] n.伪君子,伪善者 Copyright yingyuzhijia.com
这个表达大家可能更加熟悉,美剧中也经常出现,比如《生活大爆炸》里Leonard曾说:
What are you looking at? You’ve never seen a hypocrite before?
看什么看,没见过伪君子吗?
引申:
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这个单词有一个变形:hypocrisy [hɪ'pɒkrɪsɪ] n.虚伪,,伪善
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出现在报刊中的次数比较多,比如:
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Through them I discovered that thought is often full of unconscious prejudice, ignorance, and hypocrisy.
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通过他们我发现思考通常是充满了无意识的偏见、无知和虚伪的。
Most of us are good at detecting hypocritical behavior in others, but we don't always see it so easily in ourselves. Copyright yingyuzhijia.com
我们大多数人都善于察觉别人的伪善行为,但是对自身却不易察觉。
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