| 词汇 | example_english_empty-gesture |
| 释义 | empty gesturecollocation in Englishmeanings of emptyand gestureThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with gesture. empty adjective uk /ˈemp.ti/ us /ˈemp.ti/ not containing any things ... See more at empty gesture noun[C] uk /ˈdʒes.tʃər/ us /ˈdʒes.tʃɚ/ a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea ... See more at gesture Examples of empty gestureThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. If that is so, it will prove an emptygesture, and we are getting a little tired of foreign policy being conducted by gestures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that what is being proposed here is to some extent an emptygesture. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Unless there is much firmer talking, it would seem to be an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that it is necessary, and it is far from being an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not an emptygesture: it is a very clear statement of policy, from which we shall not deviate before or after the election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Policy without financial resources is just an emptygesture. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There should be something more than an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not the sort of money that even a rich industry cares to throw away in an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This appears to me to be legislation by emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Protection of the environment is too important a subject to be discredited by being made to appear as an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That conference will be an emptygesture unless it contains some positive proposals for dealing with unequal opportunities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Doubling them is very little more than an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it does not, this so-called offer of freedom is an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are 5,000 more nurses in the health service an emptygesture? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is certainly not an emptygesture, nor even merely a sign of good will although, of course, there is plenty of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that that was not just an emptygesture and that he intends to take action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no use having internment on only one side of the border: that is an absolutely emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, he has made an emptygesture and left others to pick up the bill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Similarly, the award on wheat and barley is not an emptygesture but real encouragement to expand production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Declaratory legislation is not of much value; it is just an emptygesture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of empty Go to the definition of gesture See other collocations with gesture |
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