give lip service to
基本解釋
- 口頭上承認(rèn)
英漢例句
- We don't really believe what we give lip service to.
我們并不相信我們口頭的說(shuō)法。 - We give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, but at some level, we don't really believe it.
口頭上相信我們會(huì)死一事，在某種程度上，我們并不真正相信。 - Americans are no different than Chinese in wishing to fit in, i.e. not stand out, even though Westerners give lip service to individuality.
和中國(guó)人無(wú)異, 美國(guó)人一樣希望融入中國(guó)社會(huì)(即不要成為 “異類(lèi)”), 雖然他們口口聲聲說(shuō)要保持個(gè)性. - We give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, but at some level, we don't really believe it.
口頭上相信我們會(huì)死一事，在某種程度上，我們并不真正相信。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選 - Well,maybe the explanation is, although we give lip service to the claim that we're mortal, at some more fundamental level,we don't truly believe it.
也許這個(gè)的解釋就是，縱然我們口頭上說(shuō)我們會(huì)死，在某些最根本的層面上我們其實(shí)并不相信。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選 - We don't really believe what we give lip service to.
我們并不相信我們口頭的說(shuō)法。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選 - Obama never hesitated to give lip service to malpractice reform when he was seeking to broaden support for his bill.
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