pay lip service to

基本解释

So many of us simply pay lip service to the phrase “family is my number one priority” yet very few of us actually live it.
我们当中很多人只会在口头上说“家庭是最重要的”，但事实上很少有人真正的做到这一点。
Although politicians pay lip service to those goals, insufficient effort has been made to structure incentives in that direction.
尽管政客门口惠于这些目标，但是构建朝着这个方向动机的努力还远远不够。
It is striking that 36 countries at one time or another adopted this system and that five—Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam and the biggest of them all, China—still pay lip service to it.
可是回顾当时，竟然有36个国家走上社会主义道路，而直到现在，也有古巴、老挝、朝鲜、越南，加之最大的中国，五个国家还把社会主义挂在嘴旁。

Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going through the motions, and pay tribute to one another, then furl up the flags then go our separate ways."
"Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

It is irresponsible to pay lip service to an objective whose accomplishment we know would be highly dangerous.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy Submitted Testimony Of Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Before A Joint Hearing Of The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee And The Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations