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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He showed his crocodile tears when anut died.
  姑姑去逝时，他流了几滴假惺惺的眼泪。
• 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。
• 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。
• At best they are just crocodile tears.
  充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。
• 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。
• Are you that kid from crocodile tears?
  你演过“鳄鱼的眼泪”里的小孩？