| 单词 | lip service |
| 释义 | lip serviceSEE SYNONYMS FOR lip service ON THESAURUS.COM nouninsincere expression of friendship, admiration, support, etc.; service by words only: He paid only lip service to the dictator. Origin of lip serviceFirst recorded in 1635–45 OTHER WORDS FROM lip servicelip server, nounWords nearby lip servicelipread, lipreading, lip reflex, Lipschitz condition, Lipscomb, lip service, lipstick, lipstick lesbian, lipstick plant, lip-sync, lip-synch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lip serviceBritish Dictionary definitions for lip servicelip service nouninsincere support or respect expressed but not put into practice Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with lip servicelip service Verbal but insincere expression of agreement or support. It is often put as pay or give lip service, as in They paid lip service to holding an election next year, but they had no intention of doing so. [Mid-1600s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for lip servicelip service Insincere agreement; to “pay lip service” is to consent in one's words while dissenting in one's heart: “The boss's support of affirmative action was merely paying lip service; he never committed himself to it in any substantial way.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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