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。
• You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
  你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
• 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。
• During the visit, in addition to her mad a few crocodile tears and Edison Chan and wide eyes lie, the people still did not forget to appreciate the home support.
  她在访问中除狂数陈冠希猫哭老鼠及睁大眼说瞎话外，仍不忘感激家里人的支持。
• 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。
• 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。
• My classmate kept saying how regretful he was that I hadn't passed the college entrance exam, but they're just crocodile tears.
  我的同学一直在说他为我没有考上大学而遗憾。但是，那只是表面上的同情而已。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。