empty words

英 [ˈempti wɜːdz]

美 [ˈempti wɜːrdz]

网络  虚词; 词穷; 词汇空缺; 功能词也称虚词; 空洞的言词

英英释义

noun

• loud and confused and empty talk
  1. mere rhetoric
  Synonym:palaverhot airempty talkrhetoric

双语例句

• But we shall use facts, not empty words, to dispel their anxieties and to answer the people who, on the contrary, are hoping we will go capitalist.
  我们不能拿空话而是要拿事实来解除他们的这个忧虑，并且回答那些希望我们变成资本主义的人。
• Stability and unity would be out of the question, and the construction, reform and rejuvenation of China would become no more than empty words.
  就谈不上安定团结，什么建设改革、振兴中华，都将成为空话。
• Obama is indeed eloquent, but diplomacy can not just empty words.
  奥巴马的确能言善辩，但外交上不能光说空话。
• Empty words without deeds will not deceive the people for long.
  如无事实，则空话是不能长久骗人的。
• Oh, I had a few scruples. I assuaged my conscience with empty words.
  哦，我有过一点顾虑，但我用空洞的话语安慰我的良知。
• Better do more daily, trivial, ordinary and practical work that is needed by the people, than say a thousand empty words that may be sweet to the ear.
  多做一些人们需要的、日常细小的、平凡而又实际的工作，这胜过说一千句漂亮动听的话。
• Without such accountability, any agreement would be empty words on a page.
  没有这种问责制度，任何协议都只是一纸空文。
• Reliability, responsibility and innovation are not just empty words.
  可靠，可信与创新并不是仅仅几句空话而已。
• Sometimes empty words matter.
  有些时候，空洞的言辞也很重要。
• Love is not empty words but potential actions.
  爱不是空洞的言语，乃是实际行动。