duplicity
duplicity 英 [dju:ˈplɪsəti] 美 [duˈplɪsəti]
n. 口是心非；表里不一；不诚实
名词复数:duplicities
- Though he said he didn't know anything about the footprints in the new sidewalk, his duplicity, or deceitfulness, was obvious from the cement caking his shoes. His mouth said one thing, his feet said another.
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- n. 口是心非；表里不一；不诚实
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1. duplicity, " says Richard Curtis colleague, who is applying himself intently to slotting together the slats of my bed frame.
“表里不一，”理查德·柯蒂斯同事说，他正在专心地安装我的床架。
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2. Furious US government officials and legislators accuse Pakistan of duplicity, treachery, betrayal.
暴怒的美国情报官员和议员指责巴基斯坦表里不一、背信弃义、泄密背叛。
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3. Even if individual cables reveal individual duplicity, the great mass do not.
即使个别的电文揭露出了某些口是心非的嘴脸，但总体而言却没什么好处。
- duplicity (n.) early 15c., from Old French duplicite (13c.), from Late Latin duplicitatem (nominative duplicitas) "doubleness," in Medieval Latin "ambiguity," noun of quality from duplex (genitive duplicis) "twofold," from duo "two" (from PIE root *dwo- "two") + -plex, from PIE root *plek- "to plait." The notion is of being "double" in one's conduct (compare Greek diploos "treacherous, double-minded," literally "twofold, double").
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