two-faced 两面派;伪君子

时间:2022-02-28 06:07:11

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大家都知道咱们常说的“二皮脸”的意思是“脸皮厚”,我发现英语中有一个表达字面意思与“二皮脸”很像:two-faced。
 
如果有人说She is a two-faced person. 你会不会就想当然理解为“她脸皮很厚。”呢?
 
这是不对的哦~
 
Two-faced其实指的是“两面派;伪君子”,英文解释为:Duplicitous; habitually1 presenting a different version of oneself at different times, especially in the presence of different people.
 
(duplicitous [djuː'plɪsɪtəs; djʊ-] adj.奸诈的;双重的;搞两面派的)
 
所以:She is a two-faced person.意思是“她很虚伪。”
 
咱们再来看一个例子:
 
John is not as nice as he pretends to be. He is really two-faced.
约翰根本不是他装出来的那么好,他真是个两面派。

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1 habitually 4rKzgk     
ad.习惯地,通常地
参考例句:
  • The pain of the disease caused him habitually to furrow his brow. 病痛使他习惯性地紧皱眉头。
  • Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair. 我已经习惯于服从约翰,我来到他的椅子跟前。

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