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他的话听来空洞无物。His words rang hollow.

他的演说空洞无物。His speech had no guts in it.

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当事实说话的时候，言辞将空洞无物。When deeds speak, words are nothing.

总统的讲话通篇空洞无物。The President's speech was full of generalities.

但叙述性的言语如果不以事实作为根基，听起来会让人感觉空洞无物。But this narrative sounds hollow if it has no basis in reality.

这篇报告貌似冠冕堂皇，实际上空洞无物。The report looks impressive but it's really nothing but waffle.

在这样的世界里，忘掉“竞争优势”这个昙花一现、空洞无物的字眼吧。In such a world, forget about a short-lived, often meaningless "competitive advantage".

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他至今仍然喜欢那些包罗万象而又空洞无物的响亮词句。He still loves high-sounding phrases which may mean everything possible or nothing at all.

现代艺术傢不会从一张红纸讫步，也不会从一张空洞无物的画布伏步。他们是从存在的作品起步。Modern artists don't start with a blank page or empty canvas. They start with preexisting works.

在我繁忙时，甚至把来自朋友的空洞无物的电子邮件都忽略掉，尽管我寄给了朋友们许多稀里糊涂的电子邮件！Even inane emails from friends get ignored when I'm busy, even though I send friends lots of silly emails!

大部分记者都不再报道他的演说，这些演说空洞无物，缺乏可信度。Most correspondents stopped reporting Medvedev's speeches. They had become boring and lacking in credibility.

与世隔绝会产生幽居病同时我画的插图绝大部分是商业和工业图，这使我感到空洞无物。The isolation created a cabin fever vibe and the fact that I was painting mostly commercial and industrial images seemed empty to me.

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他毫不掩饰地针对奥巴马说，要展开斗争，让美国人不被慷慨激昂却空洞无物的变革言词所蒙骗。In a thinly veiled reference to Barack Obama, he said he would fight to make sure "Americans are not deceived by an eloquent, but empty call for change."

但我们不能为了肌理而肌理，一味追求肌理的花样翻新及工具、材料变化、本末倒置，落入追求空洞无物的形式美中。But we cannot constantly pursue texture's disguising the old as the new and the tool, the material change and put the cart before the horse without substance beauty of form.

我不能相信英国中上阶级甘心充当鼓面听任首相敲打，发出空洞无物的响声，而不发出他们自己清晰的声音。I can not believe that the gentry of England will be made mere drumheads to be sounded upon by a prime minister to give forth unmeaning and empty sounds, and to have no articulate voice of their own.