crocodile tears
/ˈkrɒkədaɪl ˌtɪəz/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
貓哭耗子
字面意思: «鱷魚的眼淚»
意思
pretended sadness or regret that is not sincere
假裝的悲傷或悔意.
例句
- 1Those were crocodile tears; he started laughing the moment the teacher turned away.
- 2She shed crocodile tears over the broken cup, although she had deliberately dropped it.
- 3Her crocodile tears stopped as soon as she got the toy; she grinned and admitted she'd been pretending.
- 4I recognised the apology as crocodile tears; he'd already boasted about deliberately ruining my entry.
- 5Don't be fooled by his crocodile tears; he rehearsed that sad face before asking for his present back.
文法
複數:crocodile tears。常用在 shed 或 cry 之後;crocodile 保持單數。
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