| 词汇 | hypocrite |
| 词源 | hypocrite. The Greek Hypokrites originally described an ac- tor on the stage, but came to mean any pretender or liar. It is recorded in English late in the 13th century, for a person pre- tending to beliefs or feelings he doesn’t really have. |
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