pieties

英 [ˈpaɪətiz]

美 [ˈpaɪətiz]

n. 假虔诚的言辞; 不切实际的道德言论
piety的复数

N-PLURAL （虚伪或不切实际的）虔诚言辞
You refer to statements about what is morally right as pieties when you think they are insincere or unrealistic.
1. ...politicians who constantly intone pieties about respect for the rule of law.
  把尊重法治挂在嘴边空谈的政客

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Fourth, we must avoid both protectionism and false pieties.
第四，我们必须避免首鼠两端一端是保护主义的真小人而另一端是自由主义的假道学。（典型的认知不协调）。
As the storm rages, the London summit looks like offering nothing but pieties.
当风暴袭来时，伦敦峰会好像除了虔诚什么也没有提供。
There is a necessary and inevitable tension between philosophy and belief or to put it another way between philosophy and the civic pieties that hold the city together.
所以紧张关系必然，且无可避免地存在于哲学与信念之间，或换句话说，介于哲学与维系全城的公民虔诚间。
The liberated pieties of people who believe that social attitudes have kept pace with women's aspirations ( Erica Abeel)
那些认为社会态度与妇女的希望保持一致的人们较为自由的声明（埃丽卡阿比尔）
Few people who actually work in companies trading across borders will pay heed to the empty pieties emanating from Pittsburgh.
真正在从事跨境贸易的企业中工作的人，几乎不会在意来自匹兹堡的空洞誓言。
Spare me the Iaw school pieties, bruner.
别跟我来法律学院的那套了布伦娜。
But these pieties misrepresent the true nature of an investment bank just as surely as the SEC did.
但这些虔诚的告白就像证交会的行为一样，绝对没有真实反映一家投行的本质。