pay lip service

基本解釋

The rest of the time it may pay lip service to it, but only for marketing purposes.
其他時候就是為了市場的目的而敷衍。
Although politicians pay lip service to those goals, insufficient effort has been made to structure incentives in that direction.
盡管政客門口惠于這些目標，但是構(gòu)建朝著這個方向動機的努力還遠遠不夠。
It is striking that 36 countries at one time or another adopted this system and that five—Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam and the biggest of them all, China—still pay lip service to it.
可是回顧當時，竟然有36個國家走上社會主義道路，而直到現(xiàn)在，也有古巴、老撾、朝鮮、越南，加之最大的中國，五個國家還把社會主義掛在嘴旁。

Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going through the motions, and pay tribute to one another, then furl up the flags then go our separate ways."
"Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

We know innovation and entrepreneurs need nurturing and support, but usually just pay lip service.
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It is irresponsible to pay lip service to an objective whose accomplishment we know would be highly dangerous.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy