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单词 hollowness
释义
hollowness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhɒl.əʊ.nəs/us
/ˈhɑː.loʊ.nəs/

hollownessnoun[U](LACK OF SINCERITY)

(ofsituations,feelings, or words) thefactof being withoutvalue, or nottrueorsincere:
虚伪，空洞
Ann couldfindnothing but hollowness in hispraise.安只觉得他的赞美十分空洞。
Twolawenforcementinvestigationshaverevealedthe hollowness andfraudulenceof thevideotapes.两项执法调查揭露了这些录像带言语空洞并充满欺骗性。
the hollowness offame/success名望/成功的空虚
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • feyness
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • pretension
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
  • ultra-slick
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hollownessnoun[U](EMPTINESS)

thequalityof having aholeoremptyspaceinside:
内部的空洞
The hollowness of thecaveechoedwith everystepI took.我每走一步，山洞的空洞就回响一次。
Youwantedtoraptheheavyhollowness of thosebigbronzecolumns.（面颊或眼睛）凹陷
thefactofyourcheekscurvingin, oryoureyesappearingto bedeepinyourhead, because you areold,tired, orill:
她的脸颊和眼睛有一点轻微的凹陷。
There was aslighthollowness about hercheeksandeyes.他变形的肩膀和凹陷的眼睛刺痛了史蒂夫的心。
The set of hisshouldersand the hollowness of hiseyeswrenchedSteve'sheart.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Holes, hollows and dips
  • anti-crack
  • aperture
  • blistered
  • chink
  • cranny
  • cratering
  • dint
  • escape hatch
  • gouge
  • hollow
  • intake
  • interstice
  • leak
  • leaky
  • nook
  • nooks and cranniesidiom
  • opening
  • piercing
  • pinprick
  • tear
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hollow
(Definition ofhollownessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
hollowness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhɒl.əʊ.nəs/us
/ˈhɑː.loʊ.nəs/

hollownessnoun[U](LACK OF SINCERITY)

(ofsituations,feelings, or words) thefactof being withoutvalue, or nottrueorsincere
虚伪，空洞
Ann couldfindnothing but hollowness in hispraise.安只觉得他的赞美十分空洞。
Twolawenforcementinvestigationshaverevealedthe hollowness andfraudulenceof thevideotapes.两项执法调查揭露了这些录像带言语空洞并充满欺骗性。
the hollowness offame/success名望/成功的空虚

hollownessnoun[U](EMPTINESS)

thequalityof having aholeoremptyspaceinside
内部的空洞
The hollowness of thecaveechoedwith everystepI took.我每走一步，山洞的空洞就回响一次。
Youwantedtoraptheheavyhollowness of thosebigbronzecolumns.
thefactofyourcheekscurvingin, oryoureyesappearingto bedeepinyourhead, because you areold,tired, orill
（面颊或眼睛）凹陷
There was aslighthollowness about hercheeksandeyes.她的脸颊和眼睛有一点轻微的凹陷。
The set of hisshouldersand the hollowness of hiseyeswrenchedSteve'sheart.他变形的肩膀和凹陷的眼睛刺痛了史蒂夫的心。

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hollow

Examplesofhollowness

hollowness
This quasi-surreal setting provided a further materialisation of thehollownessof interiority in the piece.
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These reproductions always seek to hide their ownhollowness.
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It has swept away thehollownessconcealed by routines.
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Thishollownessis further demonstrated by the lack of substantive debate about the book.
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In these other cases, though, there are no incontrovertible witnesses to summon to the bar, as we did here, to testify to thehollownessof the insinuations.
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The opening or pit to the right of the knoll is clearly drawn to relate to the farthest vent or chimney, demonstrating thehollownessof the knoll.
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Thehollownessof hybridity as sign suggests that its equivalencies and significances are impossible to scientifically calculate or quantify, so that its trials of character are beyond prediction or classification.
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In paying due reverence to the political and avoiding the excessive praise of alternative deities, it is important that we also recognise thehollownessof the idol where appropriate.
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A littlehollownesscan be detected in all their protestations about freedom.
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What also proves thehollownessof arguments against guillotine motions is that often the debate on the motion takes time from the debate on amendments.
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It shows the sham andhollownessof the whole thing.
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An examination of other groups of public service workers soon exposes thehollownessof that argument.
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However, in putting that case for widening we will also expose thehollownessof some of the arguments for centralisation.
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Thus is exposed thehollownessof the arguments that we have heard throughout this debate.
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Does not that prove thehollownessof the claim that is now being made?
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