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

• The sight of her stepmother shedding crocodile tears at her father's funeral made Jane sick.
  看见她继母在她父亲的葬礼上流下伤心的眼泪让珍觉得很恶心。
• At best they are just crocodile tears.
  充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were only crying crocodile tears at the old man's funeral.
  他们在那老人葬礼上的哭是虚情假意的。
• But you should have seen his crocodile tears when the old man died and left him a million dollars!
  当老人去世后给他留下一百万美元的时候，他流下了虚假的眼泪。
• You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
  你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
• She didn't even shed a few crocodile tears over his death?
  她对他的死连一滴假惺惺的眼泪也没有？
• 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。
• They are only crying crocodile tears at the old man's funeral because they thought they could get the huge fortune after his death.
  他们只是猫哭耗子假慈悲。葬礼上流下几滴伤心的眼泪只不过是因为老人死后，他们可以得到大笔财产。