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
  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。

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• 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。
• Mr.a's easily promised assistance to this project has turned out to be only lip service.
  先生轻易答应对这计画的帮忙，结果只是应酬话。
• In Russia, even Mr Putin feels compelled to pay lip service to the rule of law.
  在俄罗斯，就连普京也感到有必要在口头上支持法治。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ICB pays lip service to the synergies of universal banking.
  ICB口头上支持全能型银行的协同效应。
• 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。
• 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。
• He always pays lip service.
  他常口惠而实不至。