| 釋義 |
兔絲燕麥tù sī yàn màiceremonial; exist in name only; figurehead; in name but not in reality; merely nominal; symbolic;titular
? 他們高唱援助，但那種援助只是～而已。They talk big about their aid,which is, however, merely symbolic.
? 今國(guó)子雖有學(xué)官之名，而無(wú)教授之實(shí)，何異～，南箕北斗哉！ (《魏書(shū)·李崇傳》)At present,the Imperial College is nominally an official body of education,but,in fact,it is not engaged in teaching. It enjoys an empty name but serves no practical purpose,just like the dodder and oats,or the Winnowing-fan in the South and the Pole star in the North. 兔絲燕麥tù sī yàn mài像兔絲那樣雖有絲之名卻不可以織、像燕麥那樣雖有麥之名又不可以吃。比喻有名無(wú)實(shí)。figurehead, in name but in reality, ceremonial, symbolic |