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。
• 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）。
• 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 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。
• "Don't shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him."
  不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了，我知道你恨他
• 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！”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your crocodile tears fool no body.
  你的鳄鱼眼泪骗不了谁。