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lip service

美 [ˈlɪp sɜːrvɪs]英 [ˈlɪp sɜːvɪs]
  • n.口惠;空口的应酬话
lip servicelip service

noun

U空口的应酬话;口惠
if sb pays lip service to sth, they say that they approve of it or support it, without proving their support by what they actually do

All the parties pay lip service to environmental issues.

对环境问题,各方都是口惠而实不至。

lip service

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    N-UNCOUNT 空口的应酬话;口惠
    If you say that someone pays lip service to an idea, you are critical of them because they say they are in favour of it, but they do not do anything to support it.

    Unhappily, he had done no more than pay lip service to their views.

    不幸的是,他对他们观点的支持只是口惠而实不至。

noun

1
an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
Synonym: hypocrisy

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  1. All the parties pay lip service to environmental issues .

    对环境问题,各方都是口惠而实不至。

  2. Unhappily , he had done no more than pay lip service to their views .

    不幸的是,他对他们观点的支持只是口惠而实不至。

  3. He was merely paying lip service .

    他那番话不过是表面文章。

  4. What 's the point of simply paying lip service ? or high-sounding words are no use .

    光说得漂亮有什么用?

  5. They paid only lip service to the need for research .

    他们只是口头上说有必要进行研究工作。

  6. Don 't Let the Corporate Culture Become the Lip Service

    别让企业文化成为空壳

  7. Most people only paid lip service to the state religion .

    大部分人只是口头上支持国教。

  8. We don 't really believe what we give lip service to .

    我们并不相信我们口头的说法。

  9. Lip service is all you 're good at .

    你最厉害的就是嘴上功夫了。

  10. They pay lip service to education , but don 't work for better schools .

    他们声言支持教育,却有不为改善学校做实际工作。

  11. Don 't give me any lip service . I want to see some action !

    别跟我说好听的,我要见你得行动。

  12. His limitation is that he likes to give lip service .

    他的不足是喜欢表示口头支持。

  13. Ultimately , the cost of lip service can end up being pretty high .

    最终,(光)口头说地好听的代价可能十分高昂。

  14. He pays lip service to religion just because it is good for business

    对於宗教,他只是口上说说,因为对他的生意有利

  15. Enterprise culture is not lip service

    企业文化不是表面文章

  16. I believe that today lip service is given to the question of poverty .

    我认为目前对于贫困问题只是在嘴上说说。

  17. It shows that we are taking action and not just paying lip service .

    事实证明我们正在采取行动,而不是口头上说说。

  18. For years , tech giants have given lip service to privacy .

    多年来,科技巨头一直口头承诺保护隐私。

  19. John paid lip service to Helen 's new hairstyle .

    约翰无诚意地赞美海伦之新发型。

  20. Today many friendships are not real ; people are merely paying lip service to one another .

    今天许多的友谊都不纯真;人们彼此只是说些应酬话。

  21. That is no excuse for merely paying lip service to the cause .

    人们没有任何借口只以“空谈”来对待这番事业。

  22. He always pays lip service .

    他常口惠而实不至。

  23. Universities must begin to give more than lip service to the service component in tenure evaluations .

    高校必须开始在任期评估上提供超过口惠的服务组件。

  24. They don 't just suspect that anything can happen or give lip service to the idea .

    他们不仅仅相信任何事都有可能发生,他们不说空话。

  25. First , little more than lip service was paid to the idea of multidisciplinarity .

    首先,多学科的理念不过是口头说说而已。

  26. Ex. : what we need is man of action but not those with lip service only .

    例:我们需要实干的人,不要光耍嘴皮子的人。

  27. Many governments do nothing more than pay lip service to the advice , or drag their feet .

    许多国家的政府对于该建议只是口头承诺,或者行事迟缓。

  28. Do you feel that 's a trend toward actual committed development of the technology or people just paying lip service ?

    你觉得这是一个技术实际可行的发展,还仅仅是对人们的敷衍?

  29. Despite much lip service to the contrary , decision making remains the prerogative of top managers .

    尽管口头上宣扬的是另外一套,决策依然是最高层经理的特权。

  30. Those who pay lip service are greater enemies than those who speak openly against you .

    那些口是心非的人比那些会开反对你的人对你的威胁更大。