janus-faced

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基本释义

Adjective

1. having or concerned with polarities or contrasts;
"a Janus-faced view of history"
"a Janus-faced policy"
2. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;
"she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
"a double-dealing double agent"
"a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
3. having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past;
"Janus the two-faced god"