學個詞 Learn A Word:1983?lip service

今天我們要學的詞是 lip service. Lip service, 意思是只說不做，空頭支票。奧巴馬上周二公布了新的政府年度預算，預算中承諾大幅削減赤字。但是，Analysts said the new budget paid lip service to reducing the federal deficit by piling on $1 trillion in tax increases, which is unlikely to pass congress. 分析人士認為, 新的預算談到削減聯(lián)邦赤字只是表面文章，要求增稅1萬億美元的提議不會得到國會批準。中國目前霧霾問題嚴重，國家環(huán)保局要求工廠加強防污措施，但是The Ministry found that many enterprises only paid lip service to environment protection. 環(huán)保局發(fā)現(xiàn), 很多企業(yè)在環(huán)保問題上仍然是只說空話。好的，今天我們學習的詞是lip service, lip service, lip service.