lip service

noun

1. 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。

1. 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.
   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。

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。
2. He was merely paying lip service.
   他那番话不过是表面文章。
3. 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？
4. Largely with lip service, a cold shoulder, and when need be, a plea of immunity.
   基本上就是动动嘴皮子，充耳不闻或在有必要时，请求豁免。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Edward felt ashamed for he thought Marston might feel he just tried to give lip service.
   爱德华感到歉疚，因为他想马斯顿会认为自己口惠而心不实。
10. 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。
11. Lip service is all you're good at.
    你最厉害的就是嘴上功夫了。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
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. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. He always pays lip service.
    他常口惠而实不至。
22. 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。
23. Now we have a president who doesn't even bother to pay lip service to the idea of freedom.
    今天我们有了一位甚至连在口头上应承自由理念都嫌麻烦的总统。
24. John paid lip service to Helen's new hairstyle.
    约翰无诚意地赞美海伦之新发型。
25. 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。
26. China has paid lip service to this analysis in the 11th five-year plan but, in spite of a flurry of superficial reforms and promulgations, it seems paralysed.
    在第11个五年计划中，中国也附和了这种分析，但尽管制定并颁布了一系列流于表面的改革措施和规定，它似乎失去了行动能力。
27. 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。
28. We don't really believe what we give lip service to.
    我们并不相信我们口头的说法。
29. 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？
30. The third type does not have the sincerity of accepting criticism, only paying lip service.
    第三种人没有采纳批评的诚意，只是巧言令色。

noun

1. an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

   Synonym:    hypocrisy