英语词汇“empty suit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

empty suit n. originally and chiefly U.S. a person, esp. a wealthy, professional, or powerful man, perceived as lacking substance, personality, intelligence, ability, etc.

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1950 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. 11/3 The opposite of the joiner is a species known as the big spender... He is a character completely devoid of personality... Two of the most colorless representatives of this group at present are known as ‘The Empty Suit’ and ‘Harvey with Money’.

1981 H. Gould Fort Apache 82 He's an empty suit, don't even think about him.

1999 Washington Post 3 Dec. a9/1 Bush is a nice guy but an empty suit with no philosophical underpinning.

2008 Independent 15 Apr. 23/3 Steve Gehris, an independent voter, has no time for Mr Obama, whom he described as an empty suit.

单词	empty suit
释义	> as lemmas empty suit empty suit n. originally and chiefly U.S. a person, esp. a wealthy, professional, or powerful man, perceived as lacking substance, personality, intelligence, ability, etc. ΚΠ 1950 N.Y. Times 31 Dec. 11/3 The opposite of the joiner is a species known as the big spender... He is a character completely devoid of personality... Two of the most colorless representatives of this group at present are known as ‘The Empty Suit’ and ‘Harvey with Money’. 1981 H. Gould Fort Apache 82 He's an empty suit, don't even think about him. 1999 Washington Post 3 Dec. a9/1 Bush is a nice guy but an empty suit with no philosophical underpinning. 2008 Independent 15 Apr. 23/3 Steve Gehris, an independent voter, has no time for Mr Obama, whom he described as an empty suit. extracted from emptyadj.n. < as lemmas
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