hypocrisy
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 伪善
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 ipocrisie
- 源自 ←古法语 ypocrisie
- 源自 ←晚期拉丁语 hypocrisis
- 源自 ←古希腊语 ὑπόκρισις “answer, stage acting, pretense”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *krey-
词源说明
From hypo- + Ancient Greek κρί(σις) (krí(sis)) + -isy. From Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French ypocrisie, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis, “answer, stage acting, pretense”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, dissemble, feign”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under, equivalent of the modern "hypo-" prefix”) + the middle voice of κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, judge, decide”) + -isy.
Displaced native Old English līċettung.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- The contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham