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

• At best they are just crocodile tears.
  充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。
• They were only crying crocodile tears at the old man's funeral because nobody had really liked him.
  在老头子的葬礼上，只不过挤了几滴鳄鱼的眼泪，老头子在世时都不喜欢他。
• The beast in the above photo never actually "cries crocodile tears", because they do not have tear ducts, and cannot weep.
  上图所显示的野兽其实从来都不流泪，因为他没有泪腺。
• 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。
• I do not know how Nancy can shed crocodile tears about Philip's accident – she's been looking for an excuse to stop seeing him for weeks now.
  我不知道南希能如何对菲利普的事故发假慈悲－数周来她一直在寻找借口不去看他。
• Her television interview, Edison Chen denounced intersection anger "shedding crocodile tears hyprocritical"," eyes wide open Say fear!"
  她接受电视专访时，悲愤交集痛斥陈冠希“猫哭老鼠假慈悲”，“睁大眼睛说慌！”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She also feels that the people who shed the biggest crocodile tears are not necessarily the most concerned. Leather made from the hide of one of these reptiles.
  她还认为，那些鳄鱼眼泪掉得最多的人不是最关心这些人的人。