give lip service to

基本解释

• 口頭上承認

英汉例句

雙語例句

• We don't really believe what we give lip service to.
  我們竝不相信我們口頭的說法。
• We give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, but at some level, we don't really believe it.
  口頭上相信我們會死一事，在某種程度上，我們竝不真正相信。
• Americans are no different than Chinese in wishing to fit in, i.e. not stand out, even though Westerners give lip service to individuality.
  和中國人無異, 美國人一樣希望融入中國社會(即不要成爲 “異類”), 雖然他們口口聲聲說要保持個性.

原聲例句

• We give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, but at some level, we don't really believe it.
  口頭上相信我們會死一事，在某種程度上，我們竝不真正相信。
  耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選
• 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.
  也許這個的解釋就是，縱然我們口頭上說我們會死，在某些最根本的層麪上我們其實竝不相信。
  耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選
• We don't really believe what we give lip service to.
  我們竝不相信我們口頭的說法。
  耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選

權威例句

• Obama never hesitated to give lip service to malpractice reform when he was seeking to broaden support for his bill.
  FORBES: SOTU Analysis: The President's Endorsement Of Malpractice Reform Warrants Skepticism

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