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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The sight of George shedding crocodile tears made me sick.
  看到乔治假慈悲，我感到恶心。
• To shed crocodile tears means to cry when someone is not really sad or sorry.
  流鳄鱼泪意思是某人在哭泣时并不真的感到悲伤难过（即假慈悲）。
• Hey, aren't you that kid from crocodile tears?
  嗨，你不会是“鳄鱼眼泪”片子中的那个小子吧？
• She shed crocodile tears ie pretended to be sorry when she dismissed him from his job.
  她把他解雇时，流出了α鱼的眼泪假装难过。
• 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。