Environmental activists criticized the company's hypocrisy when it advertised sustainability while continuing to dump waste into the river.
环保活动人士批评该公司在宣传可持续性的同时却继续向河流倾倒废物的虚伪行为。
Which choice best defines “hypocrisy”?
D — The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. “hypocrisy” means the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.
Which word means “the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform”?
B — hypocrisy. “hypocrisy” means the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.
hypocrisy — the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In Chinese: 虚伪，伪善.
hypocrisy is pronounced /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/.
Environmental activists criticized the company's hypocrisy when it advertised sustainability while continuing to dump waste into the river. (环保活动人士批评该公司在宣传可持续性的同时却继续向河流倾倒废物的虚伪行为。)
insincerity, pretense, double standard — all close in meaning to hypocrisy (the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform).
sincerity, integrity — each the opposite of hypocrisy (the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform).
Yes. hypocrisy is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
hypo (below, false) + crites (critic)