lip service
英 [ˈlɪp sɜːvɪs]
美 [ˈlɪp sɜːrvɪs]
n. 空口的应酬话; 口惠
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牛津词典
noun
- 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。
- All the parties pay lip service to environmental issues.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 空口的应酬话；口惠
If you say that someone payslip serviceto 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。
- Unhappily, he had done no more than pay lip service to their views.
英英释义
noun
- an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
双语例句
- In a bitterly gridlocked town, every politician still pays lip service to small businesses.
在这个严重瘫痪的城市，所有的政治家对于小企业仍然口惠而实不至。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Lip service continues to be paid to resolving regional conflicts, but there is no sense of urgency.
口头承诺继续被用于解决地区冲突，但这缺乏紧迫意识。 - 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。 - 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？ - After Jason's lip service, his boss finally allowed us to hold the project for half an hour to examine the system.
Jason磨了半天嘴皮子，老板终于允许我们暂停项目测试半小时以进行系统检测。 - 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。 - And too many leaders who are on social media pay it lip service, and use only a fraction of its potential.
而就算是在使用社交媒体的领导者中，也有很大一部只是敷衍应对，而且只用到了它潜力中的一小部分。