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"Hollow gesture" nghĩa là gì?
19 Mar, 2022
"Hollow gesture" = cử chỉ trống rỗng -> nghĩa là hành động không chân thành, gian xảo.
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In fact, foreign trade (ngoại thương) has always trumped human rights, in the game of Canadian foreign policy — almost to an embarrassing extent. This is why Canada is afraid of offending China in any way, shape or form, and, why Trudeau’s Russia sanctions are nothing but a hollow gesture.
Even if a customer asks for the Russian vodka, he says he will stick to his decision. “We’ll just have to lose the sale, because pulling it and then selling it to someone off the books is kind of a hollow gesture at that point and hypocritical (đạo đức giả) so we will just have to eat it.”
Nothing could be further from the truth when the reality is the Progressive Alliance is investing (đầu tư) millions in mitigating (làm giảm nhẹ) flooding and the very real impact of climate change, while the MK Conservatives continue with hollow gesture politics that have little substance.
"They are still on the frontline (tiền tuyến) of diplomacy with China. "Frankly, I think that is a hollow gesture.
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