Three types of empty-shell marriages have been identified. In a devitalized relationship husband and wife lack excitement or any real interest in their spouse or their marriage.

空壳婚姻可以被分为三种类型：在疏离型关系中，夫妻双方都对他们的配偶或他们的婚姻缺乏激情，缺乏真正的兴趣。

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The empty shell of a snail or clam may be left behind, and if it is sufficiently durable and resistant to dissolution, it may remain basically unchanged for a long period of time.

蜗牛或蛤蜊的空壳可能会被留下来，如果足够持久和抗溶解，它可能会在很长一段时间内基本保持不变。

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Better half an egg than empty shell.

半只蛋也比空壳好。

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"One minute Bale's Patrick is a cowering corporate geek and self-described empty shell, the next an arrogant, name-dropping smoothie, the next a hysterical wimp unable to distinguish reality from fantasy, " it said.

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Worse, the bug disabled essential instructions that tell the PC how to start-up, effectively reducing machines to an unusable empty shell.

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Eduardo drove at the heart of the England defence and played a cute pass into the area for Olic, the Hamburg striker coolly dribbling round a shell-shocked Carson and rolling into an empty net.

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