ring hollow

常见例句

It makes claims that there are insufficient funds to finance development assistance ring hollow.
这让没有足够资金对发展进行资助的主张听上去很空洞。
While words themselves may ring hollow, having another person intent on providing comfort itself is often what makes us feel better.
虽然语言听上去是空洞的，但是有人决意提供安慰这件事本身通常就会让我们感觉好一些了。
WHERE money, politics and scandal meet in Brazil, there is usually a camera somewhere nearby to take the pictures that will make any later profession of innocence ring hollow.
金钱、政治和丑闻在巴西相遇的地方，通常在附近都会有一台照相机躲在某处拍照，使得任何后来证明清白的表白都毫无用处。

Using a hollow tube, they drill into the tree and extract a 5-mm wide cylinder that shows each ring starting with the most recent, just under the bark.

"After Enron, late trading, subprime and Pequot, SEC promises to do better ring hollow, " Aguirre says.
FORBES: Magazine Article
Turkey's protests that it could not interfere with an initiative of a non-governmental organisation ring hollow.
ECONOMIST: Turkey is rethinking its place in the world
Investors in three--Olympia Stars, Sabre Elite Managers and Matrix Himalaya--found out that this assurance can ring hollow.
FORBES: The $500 Billion Hedge Fund Fever