hypocritical

hypocritical — 形容詞

1. used about a person, their words, or their actions when the way they behave does

1.形容詞C2
釋義

虛偽的

言行不一；表裡不一

used about a person, their words, or their actions when the way they behave does not match the moral values they say they believe in — for example, calling for honesty while lying to others themselves.

例句

It is hypocritical of a politician to demand honesty while hiding campaign money.

政治人物要求別人誠實，自己卻隱瞞競選資金，實在虛偽。

pattern: it is hypocritical of [sb] to [do]

Diego found his roommate's behavior hypocritical because she complained about noise but played loud music.

Diego 認為室友的行為很虛偽，因為她抱怨別人吵鬧，自己卻放很大聲的音樂。

pattern: find + noun + hypocritical

常見搭配
  • hypocritical behavior / attitude / statement / stance
  • hypocritical person / politician / speech / promise
  • it is hypocritical of [someone]
  • find [something] hypocritical
  • view / see [something] as hypocritical
同義詞
  • insincere

    Broader; can describe any lack of genuine feeling (apology, compliment), not specifically moral claims

  • two-faced

    Informal; emphasizes saying different things to different people behind their backs

  • sanctimonious

    Adds the flavour of self-righteous moral display; a sanctimonious person acts morally superior to others

  • deceitful

    Stronger; implies an active intention to mislead or cheat, not just inconsistency

反義詞
  • sincere

    Straightforward opposite — words and feelings match

  • genuine

    Authentic; not pretending

  • consistent

    Actions align with stated values

文法句型

it is hypocritical of [someone] to [do something]

find [someone/something] + hypocritical

view/see [something] as hypocritical

用法筆記

Commonly used with the dummy-it construction ('it is hypocritical of somebody to do something') and as a predicative complement ('find/view something as hypocritical'). Also frequent in attributive position before nouns like behavior, statement, attitude, or promise.

常見錯誤

His actions are hypocritical because they contradict what he said earlier.
His actions are hypocritical because he claims to value honesty but lies to his coworkers.
Being hypocritical requires a gap between claimed moral beliefs and actual behavior, not just any inconsistency.
She is very hypocritical with her friends.
She is very hypocritical toward her friends.
The standard preposition is of (it is hypocritical of her) or toward, not with.

同根字

  • hypocrisy
    名詞C2
  • hypocrite
    名詞C2
  • hypocritically
    副詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • hypocritical behavior
  • hypocritical attitude
  • hypocritical statement
  • hypocritical stance
  • hypocritical person
  • hypocritical speech
  • hypocritical promise

副詞搭配

  • deeply hypocritical
  • utterly hypocritical
  • somewhat hypocritical
  • so hypocritical

常用片語

  • it is hypocritical to [do]
  • find [something] hypocritical
  • view / see [something] as hypocritical

介系詞搭配

  • hypocritical of [someone]