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单词 hollow-hearted
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Definition of hollow-hearted in English:

hollow-hearted

adjective
archaic
  • Insincere; false.

    〈古〉不诚恳的;虚伪的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Silence is the condition of a people bereft of their culture, whose very language, drained of all its folklore, makes an empty, metallic sound, the sound of hollow-hearted laughter.
    • But the real change, the reason that 2007 should mark a turning point, is that the public mood is turning away from hollow-hearted consumerism, if only for environmental reasons.
    Synonyms
    fraudulent, corrupt, swindling, cheating, double-dealing

Derivatives

  • hollow-heartedness

  • noun
    archaic

Definition of hollow-hearted in US English:

hollow-hearted

adjectiveˌhälōˈhärdəd
archaic
  • Insincere; false.

    〈古〉不诚恳的;虚伪的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Silence is the condition of a people bereft of their culture, whose very language, drained of all its folklore, makes an empty, metallic sound, the sound of hollow-hearted laughter.
    • But the real change, the reason that 2007 should mark a turning point, is that the public mood is turning away from hollow-hearted consumerism, if only for environmental reasons.
    Synonyms
    fraudulent, corrupt, swindling, cheating, double-dealing
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