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 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？
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 means to cry when someone is not really sad or sorry.
流鳄鱼泪意思是某人在哭泣时并不真的感到悲伤难过（即假慈悲）。
Her television interview, Edison Chen denounced intersection anger "shedding crocodile tears hyprocritical"," eyes wide open Say fear!"
她接受电视专访时，悲愤交集痛斥陈冠希“猫哭老鼠假慈悲”，“睁大眼睛说慌！”
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。
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。
They weep crocodile tears for the poor.
他们对穷人是假慈悲。
Get out, don't shed crocodile tears to me; you know you are really glad they've met with misfortune.
走开，别在我面前假惺惺的了；你自己明白，对他们遭到不幸你是暗自高兴的。
You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
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。