不幸的是，他对他们的观点只予以口头上的支持。
Unhappily, he had done no more than pay lip service to their views.
尽管每个美国政客都会对中央银行在利率决定的独立性上口头上支持，但是这种独立性却比其他发达国家要脆弱得多。
Though every American politician pays lip service to the central bank's independence in interest-rate decisions, that independence is more fragile than in other rich countries.
光口头上支持那个项目是不够的。我们必须做点什么。
It's not enough to pay lip service to that project. We have to do something about it.
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