crocodile tears

英 [ˈkrɒkədaɪl teəz]

美 [ˈkrɑːkədaɪl terz]

n.  鳄鱼的眼泪; 假慈悲

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 鳄鱼的眼泪;假慈悲
  If someone is cryingcrocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
  1. The sight of George shedding crocodile tears made me sick.
     看到乔治假慈悲，我感到恶心。

英英释义

noun

• a hypocritical display of sorrow
  1. the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma
  2. politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed

双语例句

• You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
  你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
• She shed crocodile tears when she dismissed him for his job.
  她解雇他时，故意装作流下了同情的眼泪。
• At best they are just crocodile tears.
  充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。
• My classmate kept saying how regretful he was that I hadn't passed the college entrance exam, but they're just crocodile tears.
  我的同学一直在说他为我没有考上大学而遗憾。但是，那只是表面上的同情而已。
• Your crocodile tears fool no body.
  你的鳄鱼眼泪骗不了谁。
• He walked at the head of the funeral procession, and every now and then wiped his crocodile tears with a big handkerchief.
  他走在送葬队伍的前头，还不时用一条大手绢抹去他那鳄鱼的眼泪。
• Get out, don't shed crocodile tears to me; you know you are really glad they've met with misfortune.
  走开，别在我面前假惺惺的了；你自己明白，对他们遭到不幸你是暗自高兴的。
• He wept a few crocodile tears over his wife's death and then go married again at once.
  他假惺惺地为妻子的死掉了几滴眼泪，然后，很快又结婚了。
• In his speeches, he always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people.
  他在讲话时，总是装得好像他对穷人和无家可归的人很同情的样子。
• Don't shed crocodile tears over his leaving. I know very well that you're glad to see him go.
  别为他的离开难过了，我很清楚，他走了你很高兴。