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

• You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
  你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
• 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。
• To shed crocodile tears.
  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。
• 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 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your crocodile tears fool no body.
  你的鳄鱼眼泪骗不了谁。