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

• 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。
• 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。
• At best they are just crocodile tears.
  充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。
• She shed crocodile tears when she dismissed him for his job.
  她解雇他时，故意装作流下了同情的眼泪。
• You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
  你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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）。